page_title: Districts of Switzerland
section_title: Neuchâtel
hierarchical_section_title: Districts of Switzerland / Neuchâtel
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bezirke des Kanton Neuenburg
context_page_description: In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each canton is
  completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality, loosely termed districts.
  Most cantons are divided into Bezirke. They are also termed Ämter, Amtsbezirke, district or distretto. The Bezirke generally provide only administration and court organization. However, for historical reasons districts in cantons Graubünden and Schwyz are their own legal entities with jurisdiction over tax and often have their own Landsgemeinde.
  Seven of the 26 cantons – Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Basel-City and Geneva – have always existed without the district level of government. An eighth one, Appenzell Innerrhoden, uses no intermediate level either, but calls its lowest-level subdivisions Bezirke, although they are functionally equivalent to municipalities elsewhere.
  A number of further cantons are considering an abolition of the district level in the future: Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Schaffhausen, Lucerne, St.
context_section_description: The Canton of Neuchâtel was divided into 6 districts until 1 January 2018 when the district system was terminated.
  Boudry with capital Boudry
  La Chaux-de-Fonds with capital La Chaux-de-Fonds
  Le Locle with capital Le Locle
  Neuchâtel with capital Neuchâtel
  Val-de-Ruz with capital Cernier
  Val-de-Travers with capital Val-de-Travers
caption: Districts of Canton Neuchâtel
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