La Chaux-du-Milieu
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Du Grand Cachot farmhouse near La Chaux-du-Milieu village
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 La Chaux-du-Milieu
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Location of La Chaux-du-Milieu
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| Coordinates: 47°1′N 6°42′E / 47.017°N 6.700°ECoordinates: 47°1′N 6°42′E / 47.017°N 6.700°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Neuchâtel | |
| District | Le Locle | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 17.28 km2 (6.67 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,081 m (3,547 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 501 | |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 2405 | |
| SFOS number | 6435 | |
| Surrounded by | La Brévine, Le Cerneux-Péquignot, Le Locle, Les Ponts-de-Martel | |
| Website |
http://www.chaux-du-milieu.ch SFSO statistics |
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La Chaux-du-Milieu is a municipality in the district of Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
La Chaux-du-Milieu is first mentioned in 1310 as calvum de Escoblon. Later it was known as Chaux de Cachot and Chaux Baussan.
La Chaux-du-Milieu has an area, as of 2009[update], of 17.3 square kilometers (6.7 sq mi). Of this area, 8.49 km2 (3.28 sq mi) or 49.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi) or 48.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 45.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.9% is used for growing crops and 28.3% is pastures and 19.9% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality is located in the Le Locle district, in the Brévine valley.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, issuant from base Vert three Pine trees of the same, and in chief a Crow volant Sable.
La Chaux-du-Milieu has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 501. As of 2008[update], 3.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9.3%. It has changed at a rate of 2.4% due to migration and at a rate of 6.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (389 or 97.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (4 or 1.0%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (2 or 0.5%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
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