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La Neuveville
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked Alpine country in Central Europe. It had been a federation, since 1848, of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics. Switzerland comprises three basic topographical areas namely the Swiss Alps, the Swiss plateau, and the Jura Mountains. Switzerland has four official languages, German in the north and centre, French to the west, Italian in the south and Romansh in the southeast. Switzerland has a strong economy in finance and banking, and a long and strong tradition of political and military neutrality.
La Neuveville is a Swiss town and capital of the district of La Neuveville. It is in the French-speaking part of the Canton of Bern, on the bank of Lake Biel. It is located in an area called Bernese Jura, Jura Bernois in French, which sits between the Canton of Jura and the German-speaking part of the Canton of Bern. The people of La Neuveville speak French, although the canton of Bern is mostly German-speaking.
Although La Neuveville has only about 3,414 inhabitants living within an area of 6.8 square kilometers, the medieval small town has the legal standing of a city according to the old city statutes, Stadtrecht. La Neuveville lies on the shores of Lake Biel, at the foot of the Chasseral, Jura. The historical city, La Neuveville’s, points of interest is the Schlossberg, the city walls, the military defense towers and the white church.
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