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La Chaux-de-Fonds (French pronunciation: [laʃodəfɔ̃]; archaic German: Schalu) is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura Mountains at an altitude of 992 metres, a few kilometres south of the French border.
La Chaux-de-Fonds is not just known for its model chequerboard layout and watch industry, but is also the home of Le Corbusier and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
La Chaux-de-Fonds se situe au nord-ouest de la Suisse, près de la frontière française, dans une large vallée jurassienne sans eau de surface, à environ 1 000 mètres d'altitude. Elle est la deuxième plus haute ville de Suisse, après Davos 4.
Mar 3, 2023 · La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss city renowned for its horological history and modernist architecture. Discover its heritage and scenic beauty on a visit.
2021. De gauche à droite: Daniel Schwaar (chancelier), Thierry Brechbühler, Patrick Herrmann (vice-président), Théo Bregnard (président), Jean-Daniel Jeanneret, Théo Huguenin-Elie. Photo ©Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds/Aline Henchoz.
La Chaux-de-Fonds, town, Neuchâtel canton, western Switzerland. It is situated in the Jura Mountains, near the French border, northwest of Neuchâtel city. First mentioned in the 14th century, it was chartered in 1656 and was almost completely rebuilt after a fire in 1794.
La Chaux-de-Fonds boasts a rich cultural offer thanks to a neo-Baroque Italian-style theatre, a music hall with exceptional acoustics, cafés and bistros with a unique ambiance, a street festival famous in the whole region, and remarkable museums.
La Chaux-de-Fonds is the capital city of the district of La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. After Geneva and Lausanne, it is the third-largest city in the French-speaking part of the country. As of December 2016, 38,965 people lived there.
With 37,000 inhabitants, La Chaux-de-Fonds is the third-largest city of Suisse Romande (a.k.a. French-speaking Switzerland). In the 1700s, it became a world center of the watchmaking industry, and the town's prosperity--combined with the education and enlightened attitudes of its French Huguenot and Jewish settlers--led to a golden era of ...
La Chaux-de-Fonds is in Switzerland. The city has an impressive heritage of watch making and has been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as "La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning".
