La Chaux-de-Fonds (district)
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La Chaux-de-Fonds District District de la Chaux-de-Fonds |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Neuchâtel
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| Capital | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| Area | |
| • Total | 92.94 km2 (35.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 40,143 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 3 |
La Chaux-de-Fonds District is one of the six districts of the largely French-speaking canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, lying in the Montagnes Neuchâteloises Region. The district capital is the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It has a population of 40,143 (as of 31 December 2015).
La Chaux-de-Fonds contains three municipalities:
La Chaux-de-Fonds district has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 40,143.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (32,804 or 85.8%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (1,344 or 3.5%) and Portuguese is the third (1,175 or 3.1%). There are 945 people who speak German and 32 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population was made up of 12,983 Swiss men (33.5% of the population) and 5,616 (14.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 15,077 Swiss women (39.0%) and 5,025 (13.0%) non-Swiss women.
Of the population in the district, 15,595 or about 40.8% were born in La Chaux-de-Fonds and lived there in 2000. There were 4,229 or 11.1% who were born in the same canton, while 7,172 or 18.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 9,747 or 25.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 14,871 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 17,843 married individuals, 2,700 widows or widowers and 2,824 individuals who are divorced.
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