Geography
La Neuveville has an area, as of 2009, of 6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi). Of this area, 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) or 18.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi) or 62.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.25 km2 (0.48 sq mi) or 18.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. 62.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 3.8% is pastures, while 13.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
It is located on the bank of Lake Biel. Although La Neuveville has only about 3400 inhabitants, the medieval town has the legal standing of a city according to the old city statutes (Stadtrecht).
La Neuveville lies on the shores of Lake Biel, at the foot of the Chasseral (Jura).
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