Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Another place I'll have to discover (been close but close only counts in ...). * Neuchâtel ( French pronunciation: [nøʃatɛl] ), Old French : neu(f) "new" + chatel "castle" ( French : château ); German : Neuenburg ; Italian : Neocastello or Nuovocastello ; Romansh : Neuchâtel or Neufchâtel ) [notes 1] is the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel . The city has as of December 2013 [update] approximately 33,600 inhabitants (80,000 in the metropolitan area). [3] The city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name Neuenburg ( help · info ) , which has the same meaning, since it originally belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and later Prussia , which ruled the area until 1848. The official language of Neuchâtel is French . Neuchâtel is a pilot of the Council of Europe and the European Commission Intercultural cities programme. [From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuch%C3%A2tel ] * ...