La Chaux-de-Fonds

municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q68124
La Chaux-de-Fonds
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Summary

La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,386 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Neuchâtel[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Doubs[5]
  • Head of government: Théo Huguenin-Elie[6]
  • Instance of: city of Switzerland[7]
  • Official language: French[8]
  • Shares border with: Le Locle[9], Les Planchettes[10], La Sagne[11], Val-de-Ruz[12], Bonnétage[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Winterthur[14], Frameries[15]
  • Postal code: 2300[16], 2301[17]
  • Part of: La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning[18]
  • Commons category: La Chaux-de-Fonds[19]
  • Licence plate code: NE[20]
  • Local dialing code: 032[21]
  • Official website: http://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch[22], https://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds[24]
  • Commons gallery: La Chaux de Fonds[25]
  • Population: 38,267[26], 38,965[27], 38,625[28], 37,942[29], 37,233[30], 37,600[31], 37,858[32]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor[33]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6421[34]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39]
  • Capital of: La Chaux-de-Fonds District[40]
  • Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[41]
  • Official name: La Chaux-de-Fonds[42]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in La Chaux-de-Fonds[43]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in La Chaux-de-Fonds[44]

Why It Matters

La Chaux-de-Fonds has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . post.ch. post.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. Retrieved . housing-stat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+38267'}, {'amount': '+38965'}, {'amount': '+38625'} +4
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  2. 5d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca'
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    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5566'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+55.72'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+55.71'}
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  3. 29d ago · Alstorx · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → La Chaux-de-Fonds
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  4. 7w ago · AnBuKu · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → La Chaux-de-Fonds, plan orthogonal.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: La Chaux-de-Fonds, plan orthogonal.jpg"
  5. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1039'}, {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+997'}
    Topic's main category → Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Govdirectory
    List of monuments → list of cultural properties in La Chaux-de-Fonds
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:لا شو ڈی فونڈز]]"
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