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Le Locle
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municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland
Le Locle is a municipality located in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It is historically significant as a center of Swiss watchmaking and precision manufacturing.
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Key facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Canton
- Neuchâtel
- 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
- Total
- 23.14 km (8.93 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 945 m (3,100 ft)
- Density
- 450.4/km (1,167/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- CH-NE
- 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)
- Website
- www.lelocle.ch
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Le Locle
- Population
- 10216
- Area
- 23.13
- Elevation
- 971
- Official website
- www.lelocle.ch
- Image
- Le Locle Kath Kirche.jpg
- Dialing code
- 032
- Licence plate code
- NE
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- Commons category
- Le Locle
- postal code
- 2400
- native label
- Le Locle
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6436
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Le Locle ( French pronunciation: [lə lɔkl]; German: Luggli) is a municipality in the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
It is situated in the Jura Mountains, a few kilometers from the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It is the third smallest city in Switzerland (in Switzerland a place needs more than 10,000 inhabitants to be considered a city).