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.