La Chaux-de-Fonds

La Chaux-de-Fonds is a city in Switzerland with an impressive heritage of watch making. has been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as "La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning". Wikivoyage

Population 37,600 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Switzerland

• 112EmergencyEmergency service
• 117PolicePolice
• 118FireFire
• 140BreakdownBreakdown
• 144AmbulanceAmbulance
• 145PoisoningPoisoning
• 1414HelicopterHelicopter
• 1414AmbulanceAmbulance

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

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• Musée international de l'horlogerie Museum · 210 m
• Villa Turque Attraction · 910 m
• Musée des Beaux-Arts Museum · 160 m
• Musée d'histoire Museum · 220 m
• Monument Léopold Robert Memorial · 430 m
• Louis Chevrolet Memorial · 440 m
• Monument de la République Memorial · 560 m
• La Demoiselle Gallery · 660 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Kebab 3
• Burger 3
• Pizza 2
• Chinese 2
• Asian 2
• Italian 2
• Middle eastern 1
• Italian pizza 1

All 27 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Parc des Musées 230 m across 220 m
• Parc Gallet 280 m across 380 m
• Parc des Crêtets 200 m across 380 m

Getting around

• La Chaux-de-Fonds 300 m
• La Chaux-de-Fonds-Grenier 370 m
• La Chaux-de-Fonds Est 770 m
• La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges 1.5 km
• Le Reymond 1.8 km
• La Corbatière 3.3 km

More train stations: Le Crêt-du-Locle 4.1 km, La Cibourg 4.9 km, La Sagne-Eglise 5.4 km

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