Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel Coat of Arms
Neuchâtel Coat of Arms
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Municipality
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Country	Switzerland
Canton	Neuchâtel
District	Neuchâtel
Government
• Mayor	Antoine Grandjean
Area
• Total	18.05 km2 (6.97 sq mi)
Elevation ()	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	33,475
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	2000
SFOS number	6458
Website	www.neuchatelville.ch ;

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Neuchâtel 46°35′N 6°34′E / 46.59°N 6.56°E / 46.59; 6.56 is a city in Switzerland which is the capital of the Canton of Neuchâtel. Neuchâtel is also the name of the adjacent lake, Lake Neuchâtel. The city has approximately 31,500 inhabitants (2002), by and large French-speaking, although the city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name Neuenburg^ⓘ, since Prussia ruled the area until 1848.

The city is located on the northwestern shore of the lake, a few k m east of Peseux and west of Saint-Blaise. Neuchâtel is well known for its watchmaking and its variety of fondue, fondue Neuchâteloise. Today's economic activities include tourism, a major tobacco manufacturer and several small high tech firms and vineyards. Neuchâtel is home of a small but active University and of the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnologies (CSEM)

During the summer of 2002, Neuchâtel was one of five sites which held Expo.02, the sixth Swiss national exhibition, which was subject to financial controversy.

Neuchâtel has several excellent museums, including the Latenium, an archeology museum focusing on the prehistorical times in the region of Neuchâtel and Hauterive; the MEN, an ethnography museum; the museum of art and history, which includes the first robots with the Jaquet-Droz programmable androids (made between 1770 and 1774); and the Museum of Natural History.

Robert Miles and Marcel Junod were born in Neuchâtel. Friedrich Dürrenmatt lived in Neuchâtel the last 30 years of his life.

The blazon of the town's coat-of-arms is: "Or, an Eagle displayed Sable beaked, langued and membered Gules, escutcheon Or, on a pale Gules three Chevrons Argent".