La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds , city (1990 pop. 36,894), Neuchâtel canton, NW Switzerland, in the Jura Mts., near the French border. It is one of the largest watch-manufacturing centers in Switzerland.
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Corbusier, Le.
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...first house, the Villa Fallet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (1906–7), strongly...and designed more villas for La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Jacquemet and the Stotzer...published. During this period at La Chaux-de-Fonds he evolved the low-cost Maison...
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Le Corbusier
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Le Corbusier ( Charles-Édouard Jeanneret ) ( b La Chaux-de-Fonds, 6 Oct. 1887; d Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, 27 Aug. 1965). Swiss-born architect, painter, designer, and writer who became a French citizen...
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Neuchâtel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...with pastures. Cattle are raised, and cheese and wine are produced. Watches, mainly manufactured at Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds , have been an important industrial product since the 18th cent. There are rich asphalt deposits at Val de Travers...
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Jura
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Loué, and smaller streams. Major cities include La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, and Biel, Switzerland, and Besançon, France...industries, particularly in the Swiss towns of Le Locle, La Chaux-de-Fonds, and Grenchen, are also there. Export products from...
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Louis Chevrolet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...proved that his design abilities matched his racing skills. Louis Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He was the second son of Joseph Felician Chevrolet, a watch and clockmaker, and Angelina Marie (Mahon...
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