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Overnight stays in nature in Le Locle

Canton of Neuchâtel · Municipality no. 6436

Le Locle decides here

Tent camping: Unclear

Officially documented · As of 29/08/2026

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What applies here
Tentunclear
Bivouacunclear
Car / camperprohibited

What this means

In Wohnwagen, Wohnmobilen und anderen bewohnbaren Fahrzeugen zu übernachten ist auf Trottoirs und öffentlichen Wegen, auf Weiden, im Wald, an dessen Rand und entlang öffentlicher wie privater Waldwege verboten. Zulässig ist das Abstellen zum Übernachten nur an eigens dafür bezeichneten Orten.

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Spending the night in caravans, motorhomes and other habitable vehicles is prohibited on pavements and public paths, on pastures, in the forest, on the edge of it and along public and private forest paths. Parking for overnight stays is only permitted in specially designated places.

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Der Artikel regelt ausdrücklich Fahrzeuge. Zur Zeltfrage trifft er keine Aussage.

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The article explicitly regulates vehicles. It does not make any statement on the tent question.

Machine-translated, may be inaccurate — the original wording is authoritative.

On bivouacking — sleeping without a tent, in a sleeping bag — the available source says nothing. This is neither a tacit permission nor a tacit ban: it is unclear, and the municipality's information decides. Which municipalities address bivouacking

Where to stay instead?

In Le Locle, tent camping is not clarified. The nearest official campsites:

Nearest classified municipalities where tents are allowed or allowed under conditions:

Straight-line distance from the municipality centre. Campsites according to OpenStreetMap — check operation and opening times with the site.

Orientation aid, no legal guarantee. Ordinances, seasonal bans and municipal decisions sometimes change the situation at short notice. Signs on site and the municipality's information take precedence over this page.

Places in this municipality

Everything stated above applies to all these places — the legal situation depends on the municipality, not on the village. They are listed here because people search for them:

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