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{{Infobox settlement
 | official_name                  = La Chaux-de-Fonds District
 | native_name                    = District de la Chaux-de-Fonds
 | settlement_type                = District
 | image_map                      = {{Swiss subdivision OSM map|district}}
 | subdivision_type               = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
 | subdivision_name               = {{CHE}}
 | subdivision_type2              = [[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]]
 | subdivision_name2              = {{Flag|Neuchâtel}}
 | subdivision_type3              = Capital
 | subdivision_name3              = [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]
 | area_total_km2                 = 92.94
 | area_footnotes                 = 
 | population_as_of            = 2017
 | population_total            = 39,796
 | population_footnotes           = 
 | population_density_km2         = auto
 | timezone         	          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
 | utc_offset 	                  = +1
 | timezone_DST 	          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
 | utc_offset_DST         	  = +2
 | blank_name_sec1                = Municipalities
 | blank_info_sec1                = 3
 | extinct_title                  = Dissolved
 | extinct_date                   = 1 January 2018
}}
'''La Chaux-de-Fonds District''' was one of the six districts of the [[canton of Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]], until the district level was eliminated on 1 January 2018.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 15 February 2018</ref> The district capital was the town of [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. It had a population of 39,796.

==Municipalities==
La Chaux-de-Fonds contains three [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipalities]]:

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! Flag
! Coat of arms
! Municipality
! Population<br /><small>({{Swiss populations date|CH-NE}}){{Swiss populations ref|CH-NE}}</small>
! Area <br />km<sup>2</sup><ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
|-
| [[File:CHE La Chaux-de-Fonds Flag.svg|40px|La Chaux-de-Fonds]] || [[File:CHE La Chaux-de-Fonds COA.svg|40px|La Chaux-de-Fonds]] || [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-NE|6421}}|| align="center" | 55.66
|-
| [[File:CHE La Sagne Flag.svg|40px|La Sagne]] || [[File:La Sagne-coat of arms.svg|40px|La Sagne]]|| [[La Sagne]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-NE|6423}}|| align="center" | 25.55
|-
| [[File:CHE Les Planchettes Flag.svg|40px|Les Planchettes]] || [[File:CHE Les Planchettes COA.svg|40px|Les Planchettes]]|| [[Les Planchettes]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-NE|6422}}|| align="center" | 11.73
|-
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | || bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | || bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | '''Total''' || bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center"|{{Swiss populations|CH-NE|B2402}}
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center" | '''92.94'''
|}

==Demographics==
La Chaux-de-Fonds district had a population ({{as of|2017|lc=on}}) of 39,796.

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (32,804 or 85.8%) as their first language, [[Italian language|Italian]] is the second most common (1,344 or 3.5%) and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is the third (1,175 or 3.1%). There are 945 people who speak [[German language|German]] and 32 people who speak [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2008}}, the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population was made up of 12,983 Swiss men (33.5% of the population) and 5,616 (14.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 15,077 Swiss women (39.0%) and 5,025 (13.0%) non-Swiss women.<ref name="NE_STAT">[http://www.ne.ch/neat/site/jsp/rubrique/rubrique.jsp?StyleType=bleu&DocId=40383 Canton of Neuchatel Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121205100621/http://www.ne.ch/neat/site/jsp/rubrique/rubrique.jsp?StyleType=bleu&DocId=40383 |date=2012-12-05 }}, ''République et canton de Neuchâtel - Recensement annuel de la population'' {{in lang|de}} accessed 13 October 2011</ref>

Of the population in the district, 15,595 or about 40.8% were born in La Chaux-de-Fonds and lived there in 2000. There were 4,229 or 11.1% who were born in the same canton, while 7,172 or 18.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 9,747 or 25.5% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 14,871 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 17,843 married individuals, 2,700 widows or widowers and 2,824 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2013-08-09 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>

There were 7,211 households that consist of only one person and 786 households with five or more people.

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2823|La Chaux-de-Fonds}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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  bar:1888 from:start till:29174 text:"29,174"
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  bar:1941 from:start till:32236 text:"32,236"
  bar:1950 from:start till:34670 text:"34,670"
  bar:1960 from:start till:40197 text:"40,197"
  bar:1970 from:start till:43518 text:"43,518"
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==Politics==
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] which received 27.76% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (25.93%), the [[Swiss Party of Labour|PdA Party]] (13.98%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (11.92%). In the federal election, a total of 10,791 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 47.3%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=2015-05-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>

==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 11,545 or 30.2% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 10,955 or 28.6% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 207 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 0.54% of the population), there were 302 individuals (or about 0.79% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there were 2,418 individuals (or about 6.32% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 132 individuals (or about 0.35% of the population) who were [[Judaism|Jewish]], and 1,372 (or about 3.59% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic. There were 91 individuals who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], 83 individuals who were [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and 47 individuals who belonged to another church. 10,265 (or about 26.85% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 2,014 individuals (or about 5.27% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>

==Education==
In La Chaux-de-Fonds about 12,764 or (33.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 4,056 or (10.6%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 4,056 who completed tertiary schooling, 52.0% were Swiss men, 28.5% were Swiss women, 11.8% were non-Swiss men and 7.7% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In the canton of Neuchâtel most municipalities provide two years of non-mandatory [[kindergarten]], followed by five years of mandatory primary education. The next four years of mandatory secondary education is provided at thirteen larger secondary schools, which many students travel out of their home municipality to attend.<ref>{{Cite report |title=Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |accessdate= 24 June 2010 }}</ref> During the 2010-11 school year, there were 40 kindergarten classes with a total of 762 students in District de la Chaux-de-Fonds. In the same year, there were 116 primary classes with a total of 2,102 students.<ref>[http://www.ne.ch/neat/site/jsp/rubrique/rubrique.jsp?CatId=9939 Statistical Department of the Canton of Neuchâtel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414213117/http://www.ne.ch/neat/site/jsp/rubrique/rubrique.jsp?CatId=9939 |date=2012-04-14 }} Mémento de l'année scolaire 2010/2011 {{in lang|fr}} accessed 17 October 2011</ref>

==References==
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{{Districts of the canton of Neuchâtel}}

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