Le Locle

Le Locle is the one of two big cities in the mountain region of the canton of Neuchâte in Switzerland. Often dubbed "town of precision", the city has an impressive heritage of watch making and has been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as "La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning".

By train

 * Two hourly RE trains from Le Chaux-de-Fonds (8 min), one of which comes from Neuchatel (40 min)
 * A couple daily French TER trains from Besançon (1hr 45min)

By car
The main road J20 comes from La Chaux-de-Fonds and Neuchâtel. From the other direction, the main road crosses the French border just a few kilometres after the village and then goes on in direction of Besançon.

Do
As Le Locle is known for its watchmaking industry, this is also a good place to take horology workshops:



Nearby
is located a few kilometres from le Locle. The town is known for its special microclimate, making it one of the coldest places in Switzerland. It is here that the all-time temperature record for Switzerland (-41.8 °C) has been measured.

The town can be reached by bus in 20 minutes from le Locle, however there are only a handful of trips every day.

The main attraction of the village is its lake, the. In winter it freezes over and can be used for ice skating, in summer it is popular for swimming.

Go next

 * La Chaux-de-Fonds, a town also part of UNESCO world heritage for watchmaking city planning.
 * Besançon in France is a 2 hours train ride away, with its citadel.