Neuchâtel (district)
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Neuchâtel District District de Neuchâtel |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Neuchâtel
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| Capital | Neuchâtel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 80.02 km2 (30.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 53,778 |
| • Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 9 |
Neuchâtel District is one of the six districts of the French-speaking canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, lying in the Le Littoral Region. The district capital is the town of Neuchâtel. It has a population of 53,778 (as of 31 December 2015).
Neuchâtel contains a total of nine municipalities:
Neuchâtel has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 53,778.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (41,547 or 80.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (3,127 or 6.1%) and Italian is the third (2,015 or 3.9%). There are 17 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The population was made up of 17,772 Swiss men (33.8% of the population) and 7,594 (14.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 20,440 Swiss women (38.9%) and 6,782 (12.9%) non-Swiss women.
Of the population in the district, 12,636 or about 24.4% were born in Neuchâtel and lived there in 2000. There were 10,146 or 19.6% who were born in the same canton, while 12,694 or 24.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 14,545 or 28.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 21,499 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 23,461 married individuals, 3,154 widows or widowers and 3,571 individuals who are divorced.
There were 9,789 households that consist of only one person and 935 households with five or more people.
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