La Chaux-de-Fonds

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UNESCO World Heritage Site city municipality

La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss city in the Jura Mountains renowned as a historic center of watchmaking and a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique urban planning tied to the industry.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
La Chaux-de-Fonds canonical 21
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning 3
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 47.099° N 6.825° E ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
demographics majority French-speaking population ⓘ
economicRole historical center of Swiss watchmaking ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 1000 metres ⓘ
governingBody Conseil communal de La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution École d’Art de La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
surface form: École d’arts appliqués de La Chaux-de-Fonds
hasIndustry microtechnology ⓘ
precision mechanics ⓘ
watch manufacturing ⓘ
hasMuseum International Watchmaking Museum ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Le Corbusier ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Biel/Bienne ⓘ
Le Locle ⓘ
Neuchâtel ⓘ
hasSportsClub La Chaux-de-Fonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
hasTransportInfrastructure La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatusSince 2009 ⓘ
isPartOf Romandy ⓘ
surface form: French-speaking Switzerland
knownFor precision engineering ⓘ
urban planning linked to watchmaking ⓘ
watchmaking industry ⓘ
locatedIn Jura Mountains ⓘ
Canton of Neuchâtel ⓘ
surface form: canton of Neuchâtel
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory district of La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Le Locle ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf La Chaux-de-Fonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
populationRankInCanton largest city in the canton of Neuchâtel ⓘ
postalCode 2300 ⓘ
reconstructedAfter major fire of 1794 ⓘ
region Jura bernois ⓘ
surface form: Arc jurassien
twinTown Besançon ⓘ
Frameries ⓘ
Winterthur ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
urbanDevelopmentLinkedTo growth of watchmaking workshops in 19th century ⓘ
urbanPlanningCharacteristic functional zoning related to watchmaking workshops ⓘ
orthogonal street grid ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TAG Heuer → headquartersLocation → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Swiss Plateau → contains → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Charles L’Eplattenier → workLocation → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Neuchâtel → hasCity → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
École d’Art de La Chaux-de-Fonds → locatedIn → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
École d’Art de La Chaux-de-Fonds → city → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Louis Chevrolet → birthPlace → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Saint-Imier → locatedNear → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Winterthur → hasTwinTown → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
La Chaux-de-Fonds → partOf → La Chaux-de-Fonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
La Chaux-de-Fonds → hasSportsClub → La Chaux-de-Fonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Biel/Bienne railway station → connectsTo → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Le Locle, Switzerland → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWith → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
subject surface form: Le Locle
Le Locle, Switzerland → locatedNear → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
subject surface form: Le Locle
Le Locle, Switzerland → twinnedWith → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
subject surface form: Le Locle
Le Locle → UNESCOWorldHeritageName → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
Le Locle → locatedNear → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Canton of Neuchâtel → hasCity → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Canton of Neuchâtel → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
Winterthur, Switzerland → hasTwinTown → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
subject surface form: Winterthur
Blaise Cendrars → placeOfBirth → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Forest, Belgium → hasTwinTown → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
International Watchmaking Museum → locatedIn → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
International Watchmaking Museum → relatedTo → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage watchmaking urban landscape of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station → locatedIn → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station → serves → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Conseil communal de La Chaux-de-Fonds → appliesToJurisdiction → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of La Chaux-de-Fonds
Conseil communal de La Chaux-de-Fonds → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Conseil communal de La Chaux-de-Fonds → governs → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds → locatedIn → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ