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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8196,Lat: 47.0954
Elevation	1076 meter above sea level
Local time	16:45:33pm
Name province/region	Neuchâtel
Name Subregion	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	La Chaux-de-Fonds

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Corbatière	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Les Planchettes	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 La Sagne	6.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Le Locle	7 km	SouthWest
5 Cernier	7.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	50 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	205 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	284 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 332 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saone, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de Moron (0.5 km² at a height of around 715 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.4 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is La Chaux-de-Fonds with a height of 991 meter (at a distance of 0 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.6 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 97%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.4 km2

28.6%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

46 km2

58.6%

Urban area

8.6 km2

10.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Chaux-de-Fonds in country Switzerland

La Chaux-de-Fonds at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	1.4 km	NorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	51 km	EastSouthEast
3 Fortifications of Vauban	France	62 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB La Chaux-de-Fonds
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Chaux-de-Fonds

Type of weather in La Chaux-de-Fonds	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam