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2,867.5 ha (7,086 acres) La Chaux-de-Fonds ( French pronunciation: [laʃodəfɔ̃]) is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometres south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg it is the fifth largest city in the Romandie, the French-speaking part of ...
The Committee of the Museum therefore suggested to the Municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds that a foundation should be set up with the purpose of promoting the construction of a new building. Opened in 1974 under the name of Musée international d'horlogerie, this was characterized by a conception and techniques in the avant-garde of architecture ...
The La Chaux-de-Fonds trolleybus system ( French: Réseau trolleybus de La Chaux-de-Fonds) forms part of the public transport network in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Opened in 1949, the system gradually replaced the La Chaux-de-Fonds tramway network. [2] Since 2005, it has been operated by Transports régionaux ...
It is under the patronage of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO. The Villa Jeanneret-Perret (also known as Maison blanche) is the first independent project by Swiss architect Le Corbusier. [1] Built in 1912 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's hometown, it was designed for his parents. Open to the public since 2005, the house is under ...
Hockey Club La Chaux-de-Fonds was founded in 1919 and in 1953 the team moved to their current home stadium, the Patinoire des Mélèzes. There, the team would first find success in 1951, 1955 and 1959 capturing the second and third division titles.
La Chaux-de-Fonds district had a population (as of 2017) of 39,796. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (32,804 or 85.8%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (1,344 or 3.5%) and Portuguese is the third (1,175 or 3.1%). There are 945 people who speak German and 32 people who speak Romansh.
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