Le Locle
Municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel · FSO no. 6436
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Le Locle centerThe parcel data lists 4’008 parcels in Le Locle, covering 34.5 km². 63.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’048 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’008
- 6.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 34.5 km²
- 4.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’048 m²
- Canton: 1’098 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 63.7%
- Canton: 55.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1971
- Switzerland: 1975
About Le Locle
Le Locle ranks 6th of 24 municipalities in the canton of Neuchâtel by number of parcels and holds 6.1% of the canton's parcels on 4.9% of its area. The median parcel in Le Locle measures 1’048 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’098 m². Le Locle is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 63.7% of its parcels have a building, against 55.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole / Aire forestière / Espace de transport (32.5%), Zone d'habitation à faible densité (23.4%) and Zone d'ancienne localité (14.6%). In total, Le Locle uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Le Locle has 4’263 buildings with 6’784 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 52.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 44.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (26.6% of them), and 17.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1971).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’552 (63.7%)
Unbuilt: 1’456 (36.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole / Aire forestière / Espace de transport | 1’304 | 29.71 km² | 39.3% |
| Zone d'habitation à faible densité | 938 | 0.99 km² | 84.4% |
| Zone d'ancienne localité | 585 | 0.34 km² | 80.9% |
| Zone mixte | 340 | 0.40 km² | 76.8% |
| Zone d'habitation à moyenne densité | 227 | 0.33 km² | 76.2% |
| Zone d'habitation à haute densité | 140 | 0.32 km² | 79.3% |
| Zone de transport | 121 | 0.33 km² | 14.9% |
| Zone de verdure | 106 | 0.55 km² | 35.8% |
| Zone d'utilité publique | 67 | 0.18 km² | 68.7% |
| Zone d'activités économiques | 61 | 0.30 km² | 63.9% |
| Zone viticole | 32 | 0.53 km² | 56.3% |
| Zone industrielle | 25 | 0.14 km² | 76.0% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 62 | 0.37 km² | 83.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’263 buildings with 6’784 dwellings here; 990 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’263
- Dwellings
- 6’784
- Single-family houses
- 990
- Building volume
- 5.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Le Locle
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Le Locle. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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