Le Locle
Le Locle is the one of two big cities in the mountain region of the canton of Neuchâte in Switzerland. Often dubbed "town of precision", 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".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Locle railway station and Watch Museum of Le Locle.
Le Locle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Locle railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Le Locle, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm gauge Le Locle–Les Brenets line of Transports publics neuchâtelois.
Watch Museum of Le Locle
Museum
The Watch Museum of Le Locle is a municipal museum specializing in horology, located in Le Locle, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It is open to the public.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Brenets and La Sagne.
Les Brenets
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Les Brenets is a former municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Les Brenets merged into Le Locle. Les Brenets is situated 3½ km northwest of Le Locle.
La Sagne
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
La Sagne is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. La Sagne is situated 4 km southeast of Le Locle.
Le Locle
- Type: Locality with 11,100 residents
- Also known as: “CH6436”
- Location: Le Locle District, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.0532° or 47° 3′ 11″ northLongitude
6.7482° or 6° 44′ 53″ eastPopulation
11,100Elevation
971 metres (3,186 feet)Open location code
8FV83P3X+77GeoNames ID
7286309
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