page_title: Les Brenets
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Les Brenets / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Lac des Brenets, Canton of Neuchâtel
context_page_description: Les Brenets is a municipality in the district of Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Les Brenets has an area, as of 2009, of 11.5 square kilometers (4.4 sq mi).  Of this area, 4.73 km² (1.83 sq mi) or 41.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.64 km² (2.18 sq mi) or 48.9% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.72 km² (0.28 sq mi) or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.43 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 3.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%.  Out of the forested land, 44.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 0.6% is used for growing crops and 25.5% is pastures and 14.7% is used for alpine pastures.  Of the water in the municipality, 3.5% is in lakes and 0.3% is in rivers and streams.
  The municipality is located in the Le Locle, on the northwestern slope of the Jura Mountains.  The Doubs river in the municipality forms the French border.
  Lac des Brenets on Doubs River is located in the municipality.
caption: Doubs river at Les Brenets
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