Which municipality in canton Neuchâtel has the highest second-home share?

Les Planchettes: 31.8 % of all dwellings are second homes (2026) — the highest share of any municipality in canton Neuchâtel. Source: ARE.

What does the 20 % Second Homes Act limit mean?

If a municipality’s second-home share is 20 % or more, no new second homes may in principle be built there. Whether the freeze applies is determined officially by the ARE. Around 326 municipalities are currently subject to it.

Ranking · Data 2026 · Source: BFS

The highest second-home share in canton Neuchâtel

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Les Planchettes has the highest second-home share in canton Neuchâtel: 31.8 % of all dwellings are second homes. Next come Brot-Plamboz (29.4 %) and La Brévine (24.2 %). At 20 % or above, the Second Homes Act bars any new second-home permits. Source: ARE.

Ranking

ARE · 2026

Rank	Municipality	Second-home share	Residents
1	Les Planchettes	31.8%	187
2	Brot-Plamboz	29.4%	300
3	La Brévine	24.2%	614
4	Le Locle	18.8%	10'912
5	Rochefort	18.5%	1'383
6	Val-de-Travers	17.3%	10'710
7	La Chaux-de-Fonds	16.4%	37'858
8	Lignières	16.3%	1'101
9	La Sagne	16.1%	1'090
10	La Grande Béroche	15.2%	9'363
11	La Chaux-du-Milieu	14.3%	494
12	La Côte-aux-Fées	14.2%	467
13	Les Verrières	14.2%	660
14	Neuchâtel	14.1%	45'466
15	Le Cerneux-Péquignot	13.6%	313
16	Val-de-Ruz	12.6%	17'543
17	Le Landeron	12.2%	4'685
18	Milvignes	12.2%	9'367
19	Les Ponts-de-Martel	11.7%	1'234
20	Laténa	11.4%	11'752
21	Boudry	10.6%	6'341
22	Cortaillod	10.2%	4'769
23	Cressier	9.6%	2'072
24	Cornaux	9.2%	1'684

Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · ARE, retrieved 11.09.2026

How we measure this

ARE

Share of second homes in a municipality’s total dwelling stock, in percent, from the dwelling inventory of the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), as of 2026. The Second Homes Act (ZWG) bars new second-home permits in municipalities whose share is 20 % or more. Whether a municipality is subject to that freeze is an official ARE determination and does not in every case coincide exactly with the 20 % line; it is shown separately on the municipality page.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Neuchâtel has the highest second-home share?: Les Planchettes: 31.8 % of all dwellings are second homes (2026) — the highest share of any municipality in canton Neuchâtel. Source: ARE.
What does the 20 % Second Homes Act limit mean?: If a municipality’s second-home share is 20 % or more, no new second homes may in principle be built there. Whether the freeze applies is determined officially by the ARE. Around 326 municipalities are currently subject to it.