La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle
Also known as La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Switzerland
Inscribed
2009
Area
284 ha
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle is about 35 km west of Biel. The nearest other World Heritage site is Old City of Berne, about 55 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Neuchâtel · about 31,000 peopleabout 14 km south-east
- Biel · about 79,000 peopleabout 35 km east
- Fribourg · about 33,000 peopleabout 40 km south-east
- Bern · about 275,000 peopleabout 55 km east
- Besançon · about 128,000 peopleabout 60 km west
- Lausanne · about 266,000 peopleabout 60 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SwitzerlandCultural53 km away
SwitzerlandCultural65 km away
FranceCultural70 km away
SwitzerlandNatural115 km away
FranceCultural145 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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