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, "new" + "castle" is the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel.

The city has approximately 32,600 inhabitants (80,000 in the metropolitan area), by and large French-speaking, although the city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name , which has the same meaning, since it originally belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and later Prussia ruled the area until 1848.

Neuchâtel is a pilot of the Council of Europe and the European Commission Intercultural cities programme.

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