La Chaux-de-Fonds

La Chaux-de-Fonds is located in the Jura Mountains in northwestern Helvetia (la Suisse or Switzerland) and has a population of 37 thousand.¹ It is famous as a watchmaking factory town, mentioned in Das Kapital by Karl Marx and honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site (along with the nearby town of Le Locle). Perhaps the tallest building is the 15 story Tour Espacité, a cylindrical office tower.²

External references

Cityscape of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Helvetia (la Suisse or Switzerland)

Footnotes

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Switzerland, 2012 figure, accessed 9/13/2013.
2. It is the only building in the city listed in emporis.com, accessed 11/19/2013.