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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 1
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning 1
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neuchâtel NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
canton of Neuchâtel NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory district of La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Le Locle NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frameries ⓘ
Winterthur ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
urbanDevelopmentLinkedTo growth of watchmaking workshops in 19th century ⓘ
urbanPlanningCharacteristic functional zoning related to watchmaking workshops ⓘ
orthogonal street grid ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Louis Chevrolet → birthPlace → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
École d’Art de La Chaux-de-Fonds → city → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Swiss Plateau → contains → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Neuchâtel → hasCity → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
La Chaux-de-Fonds → hasSportsClub → La Chaux-de-Fonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Winterthur → hasTwinTown → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
TAG Heuer → headquartersLocation → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ
Saint-Imier → locatedNear → 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
Charles L’Eplattenier → workLocation → La Chaux-de-Fonds ⓘ