La Chaux‐de‐Fonds (English spelling)

Japanese: ラ･ショー･ド･フォン（英語表記）La Chaux‐de‐Fonds

A city in western Switzerland, close to the French border on the southeastern slope of the Jura Mountains. Population 37,000 (1996). It has been a city of clocks ever since clock manufacturing began in the second half of the 17th century. At first, the production of glass-cased pendulum clocks shifted to pocket watches, and the city achieved industrialization. Since the opening of the railway line between the city and Neuchâtel (1860), it has seen remarkable development and has become a major center of the Swiss clock industry. There is a clock museum (established in 1902) that exhibits many types of clocks from the 16th century onwards. [Morita Yasukazu]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スイス西部，ジュラ山脈の南東斜面のフランス国境に近い都市。人口3万7000(1996)。17世紀後半に時計製造を開始して以来一貫した時計の町。最初はガラスケース入り振り子時計，ついで懐中時計の生産に移り，工業化を果たした。ヌシャテルとの間に鉄道が開通(1860)して以降顕著な発展を見て，スイス時計産業の一大中心地となった。16世紀以降の数多くの時計類を展示した時計博物館(1902創設)がある。【森田安一】

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