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La Chaux-de-Fonds

Industrial commune in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; population (1995) 37,400. It is situated at an altitude of 990 m/3,248 ft in the Jura Mountains, 14 km/9 mi northwest of the town of Neuchâtel. It is a centre of the watch-making industry, and has a school for the engraving and enamelling of watch cases.
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