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| Coordinates: 47°03′25″N 6°44′55″E / 47.05694°N 6.74861°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Neuchâtel |
| District | Le Locle |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Conseil communal with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Président du Conseil communal (list) Denis de la Reussille (as of March 2014) |
| • Parliament | Conseil général with 41 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.14 km2 (8.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 945 m (3,100 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,216 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 2400 |
| SFOS number | 6436 |
| Surrounded by | La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-du-Milieu, La Sagne, Le Cerneux-Péquignot, Les Brenets, Les Planchettes, Les Ponts-de-Martel, Villers-le-Lac (FR-25) |
| Twin towns | Sidmouth (England), Gérardmer (France) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Part of | La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning |
| Criteria | Cultural: (iv) |
| Reference | 1302-002 |
| Inscription | 2009 (33rd Session) |
| Area | 70.2 ha (173 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 1,620.2 ha (4,004 acres) |
Le Locle is a municipality of the district of Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
It is in the Jura Mountains, a few kilometers from the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It is the third smallest city of Switzerland. As of 31 December 2016, Le Locle has about 10,000 people lived there.
The name of the town comes from the word for lake or trou d´eau.
Since 2009, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: La Chaux-de-Fonds/Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.