La Sagne
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| Coordinates: 47°2′N 6°48′E / 47.033°N 6.800°ECoordinates: 47°2′N 6°48′E / 47.033°N 6.800°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Neuchâtel | |
| District | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 25.55 km2 (9.86 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,039 m (3,409 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 963 | |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 2314 | |
| SFOS number | 6423 | |
| Surrounded by | Boudevilliers, Brot-Plamboz, Coffrane, Fontaines, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Les Ponts-de-Martel, Montmollin, Rochefort | |
| Twin towns | Rosières-aux-Salines (France) | |
| Website |
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La Sagne is a municipality in the district of La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
La Sagne is first mentioned in 1332 as la Sagne.
La Sagne has an area, as of 2009[update], of 25.6 square kilometers (9.9 sq mi). Of this area, 15.29 km2 (5.90 sq mi) or 59.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.45 km2 (3.65 sq mi) or 37.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 33.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.5% is used for growing crops and 45.8% is pastures and 13.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the La Chaux-de-Fonds district, in the eastern part of the Vallée de La Sagne et des Ponts-de-Martel. It consists of the linear village of La Sagne and the hamlets of Les Cœudres, Le Crêt, Miéville, La Sagne-Eglise and La Corbatière.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, issuant from three Mounts Vert as many Pine trees of the same.
La Sagne has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 963. As of 2008[update], 6.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 5.1%. It has changed at a rate of 7.6% due to migration and at a rate of 3.7% due to births and deaths.
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