A brief glimpse into the past

Team, Place & City Details

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss football club based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was founded in 1894.

Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu

Muizat Ajoke Odumosu is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Nigeria at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013.

La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds

La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border.

La Chaux-de-Fonds District

La Chaux-de-Fonds District was one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, until the district level was eliminated on 1 January 2018. The district capital was the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds.

La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station
La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station

La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station serves the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Opened in 1857, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. It forms the junction between three SBB-CFF-FFS standard gauge lines: from Morteau in France (via Le Locle-Col des Roches), from Neuchâtel and from Biel/Bienne.

Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway
Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway

The Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway is a single-track standard-gauge railway line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds Railway
Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds Railway

The Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds Railway was a railway company that operated a metre-gauge railway from Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds in western Switzerland. In 1944, the railway was merged to form the Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ), which electrified it at 1500 Volt DC in 1953.

La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel railway
La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel railway

The La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel railway is a metre-gauge railway in the Swiss Jura. It is operated by the Transports publics Neuchâtelois and has connected the municipalities of Les Ponts-de-Martel and La Sagne in the Vallée des Ponts with La Chaux-de-Fonds since 26 July 1889.

La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line
La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line

The La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line is a 1,000 mm railway line in the cantons of Jura, Bern, and Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The line was originally built by two companies, the Chemin de fer Saignelégier-La Chaux-de-Fonds and Régional Saignelégier–Glovelier, and has been owned and operated by the Chemins de fer du Jura since 1944.

La Chaux-de-Fonds-Est railway station
La Chaux-de-Fonds-Est railway station

La Chaux-de-Fonds-Est railway station is a railway station in the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line of the Chemins de fer du Jura.

Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches railway
Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches railway

The Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches railway is a single-track standard-gauge line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway
Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway

The Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds Railway was a railway company that operated a metre-gauge railway from Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds in western Switzerland. In 1944, the railway was merged to form the Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ), which electrified it at 1500 Volt DC in 1953.

Ajoie
Ajoie

The Ajoie is an historic region roughly coinciding with Porrentruy District in the canton of Jura in northwestern Switzerland. It is a part of the Jura plain, composed of six geographic areas: the Vendline (river) valley (northeast), with the communities Vendlincourt, Bonfol and Beurnevésin; La Baroche (east): Miécourt, Charmoille, Fregiécourt, Pleujouse and Asuel; the flanc du Mont-Terri (south): Cornol, Courgenay, Fontenais and Bressaucourt; the Haute-Ajoie (west): Courtedoux, Chevenez, Rocourt, Roche-d'Or, Réclère, Damvant, Grandfontaine, Fahy and Bure; Allaine (river) valley (centre and north): Alle, Porrentruy, Courchavon, Courtemaîche, Montignez, Buix and Boncourt; the Coeuvatte valley (north): Coeuve, Damphreux and Lugnez.The inhabitants are mainly Roman Catholic.