Le Cerneux-Péquignot

Coat of arms

Location of Le Cerneux-Péquignot

Coordinates: 47°1′N 6°40′E / 47.017°N 6.667°ECoordinates: 47°1′N 6°40′E / 47.017°N 6.667°E

Country

Area

• Total

15.67 km² (6.05 sq mi)

Elevation

1,088 m (3,570 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

325

• Density

21/km² (54/sq mi)

Postal code

2414

SFOS number

6434

Surrounded by

Grand'Combe-Châteleu (FR-25), La Brévine, La Chaux-du-Milieu, Le Locle, Montlebon (FR-25), Villers-le-Lac (FR-25)

Website

www.cerneux-pequignot.ch
SFSO statistics

Le Cerneux-Péquignot is a municipality in the district of Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Le Cerneux-Péquignot is first mentioned in the 13th century in connection with the Pequignot of Montlebon family.

Le Cerneux-Péquignot has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 15.7 square kilometers (6.1 sq mi). Of this area, 8.61 km² (3.32 sq mi) or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.34 km² (2.45 sq mi) or 40.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.45 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.24 km² (0.093 sq mi) or 1.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 36.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 35.2% is pastures and 19.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality is located in the Le Locle district, at an elevation of 1,070 meters (3,510 ft). It consists of the village of Le Cerneux-Péquignot, near the French border, along with a number of scattered hamlets and farm houses.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Between four, one in dexter and three in sinister, Pine trees Vert, issuant from Base of the same a Plough Sable.

Le Cerneux-Péquignot has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 325. As of 2008^[update], 2.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 2.5%. It has changed at a rate of -0.9% due to migration and at a rate of 5% due to births and deaths.

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