La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometres south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg it is the fifth largest city … See more

The region was first inhabited around 10,000 years ago (Mesolithic). A skull and other traces have been found in caves nearby.
In the middle of the 14th century, the region was coloniz… See more

La Chaux-de-Fonds has an area, as of 2009 , of 55.7 square kilometers (21.5 sq mi). Of this area, 30.46 km (11.76 sq mi) or 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.52 km (5.99 sq mi) or 27.9% is forested. O… See more