Place:Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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NameNeuchâtel
Alt namesNeuchatelsource: Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 23 April 2003
Neuchâtelsource: Family History Library Catalog
Neuenburgsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-153
Novum Castellumsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VIII, 618
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates46.983°N 6.917°E
Located inNeuchâtel, Switzerland     (900 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Neuchâtel is the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, situated on the shoreline of Lake Neuchâtel.

Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has approximately 45,000 inhabitants (80,000 in the metropolitan area). The city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name ; both the French and German names mean "New Castle". It was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy, then part of the Holy Roman Empire and later under Prussian control from 1707 until 1848, with an interruption during the Napoleonic Wars from 1802 to 1814. In 1848, Neuchâtel became a republic and a canton of Switzerland.

The official language of Neuchâtel is French. Neuchâtel is a pilot of the Council of Europe and the European Commission Intercultural Cities programme.

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