Which municipality in canton Neuchâtel is growing fastest?

Lignières: +3.8 % population in 2025 — the strongest growth of any municipality in canton Neuchâtel. Source: FSO (BEVNAT).

How is population growth measured?

It is the change in the permanent resident population over the calendar year, in percent of the starting population, from births, deaths and in/out-migration (FSO BEVNAT). A percentage rather than absolute heads makes villages and cities fairly comparable.

Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The fastest-growing municipalities in canton Neuchâtel

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Lignières is growing fastest in canton Neuchâtel: its population rose 3.8 % in 2025. Next come Cressier (3.3 %) and Rochefort (2.1 %). The basis is the year’s population change from births, deaths and migration. Source: FSO (BEVNAT).

Ranking

BFS · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Population growth	Residents
1	Lignières	3.8%	1'101
2	Cressier	3.3%	2'072
3	Rochefort	2.1%	1'383
4	La Grande Béroche	1.5%	9'363
5	La Sagne	1.4%	1'090
6	Brot-Plamboz	1%	300
7	Le Cerneux-Péquignot	1%	313
8	Le Landeron	0.7%	4'685
9	La Chaux-de-Fonds	0.7%	37'858
10	Milvignes	0.6%	9'367
11	Boudry	0.4%	6'341
12	Neuchâtel	0.4%	45'466
13	Les Verrières	0.3%	660
14	Laténa	0.3%	11'752
15	Les Ponts-de-Martel	0.2%	1'234
16	Val-de-Travers	0.2%	10'710
17	Val-de-Ruz	0.2%	17'543
18	Cornaux	0.1%	1'684
19	Le Locle	0.1%	10'912
20	La Chaux-du-Milieu	-0.4%	494
21	Cortaillod	-0.8%	4'769
22	La Côte-aux-Fées	-1.3%	467
23	La Brévine	-1.6%	614
24	Les Planchettes	-6.5%	187

BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

How we measure this

BFS

Change in the permanent resident population during calendar year 2025, in percent of the population on 1 January, from the FSO statistics on natural population movement (BEVNAT) and migration. A positive value means growth, a negative one decline. The percentage makes small and large municipalities comparable.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Neuchâtel is growing fastest?: Lignières: +3.8 % population in 2025 — the strongest growth of any municipality in canton Neuchâtel. Source: FSO (BEVNAT).
How is population growth measured?: It is the change in the permanent resident population over the calendar year, in percent of the starting population, from births, deaths and in/out-migration (FSO BEVNAT). A percentage rather than absolute heads makes villages and cities fairly comparable.