Canton · NE
Neuchâtel
24 municipalities.
- residents, 2025
- 180’365
- km² of land
- 717
- residents per km²
- 252
- Building insurance
- Compulsory, with ECAP Neuchâtel (the canton’s own insurer).0.52 ‰ of the insured value a year, plus the 5% federal stamp duty on the premium: CHF 538 per CHF 1 million.Règlement tarifaire CL-32-03, édition 2023, 3.1, read 12.10.2026; Règlement tarifaire CL-32-03, édition 2023, 3.3, read 12.10.2026
| Neuchâtel | — | 45’466 | 30.09 | 1’511 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | — | 37’858 | 55.71 | 680 |
| Val-de-Ruz | — | 17’543 | 124.31 | 141 |
| Laténa | — | 11’752 | 26.06 | 451 |
| Le Locle | — | 10’912 | 34.66 | 315 |
| Val-de-Travers | — | 10’710 | 124.74 | 86 |
| Milvignes | — | 9’367 | 8.79 | 1’066 |
| La Grande Béroche | — | 9’363 | 42.21 | 222 |
| Boudry | — | 6’341 | 16.76 | 378 |
| Cortaillod | — | 4’769 | 3.69 | 1’292 |
| Le Landeron | — | 4’685 | 10.30 | 455 |
| Cressier (NE) | — | 2’072 | 8.57 | 242 |
| Cornaux | — | 1’684 | 4.73 | 356 |
| Rochefort | — | 1’383 | 25.85 | 54 |
| Les Ponts-de-Martel | — | 1’234 | 18.17 | 68 |
| Lignières | — | 1’101 | 12.52 | 88 |
| La Sagne | — | 1’090 | 25.55 | 43 |
| Les Verrières | — | 660 | 28.87 | 23 |
| La Brévine | — | 614 | 41.81 | 15 |
| La Chaux-du-Milieu | — | 494 | 17.31 | 29 |
| La Côte-aux-Fées | — | 467 | 12.83 | 36 |
| Le Cerneux-Péquignot | — | 313 | 15.70 | 20 |
| Brot-Plamboz | — | 300 | 16.09 | 19 |
| Les Planchettes | — | 187 | 11.73 | 16 |
Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.