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Le Locle commune (Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland)

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Montagnes region
Neuchâtel canton
Switzerland
Les sceaux, armoiries et drapeaux du Locle (by Paul-F. Macquat, 1937, French)

Le Locle

image by Pascal Gross

Quartered first and fourth a barry of eight dancetty Gules and Vert second and third Or five piles wavy Azure issuant from the sinister and overall a cross throughout Argent.
Christopher Southworth

The flag above is as described in Art. 2 of the municipal regulation (see http://www.lelocle.ch/pdf/20.1.pdf). This flag makes the commune of Le Locle the only known Swiss municipality with an official flag different from its coat of arms. However, after a phone talk with the chancellor of Le Locle, I have had the information that today, when the commune of Le Locle uses a flag, the banner of arms is used as the arms are better known.
In conclusion, we can say that the municipal regulation prescribes the flag as shown above but the common practice is to use the banner of arms (see image below).
Pascal Gross, 6 May 2003

Le Locle

image by Pascal Gross

Lozengy Gules and Or, on a Bar Argent a Barrulet wavy Azure, in Base on a panel Argent issuant from three mounts Vert as many Pine trees of the same.
Željko Heimer, 28 May 2000

Les Brenets (until 31 December 2020)

image by Pascal Gross

Tierced in fess Gules a chevron overall Argent a bar compony counter compony Or and Sable Azure mountains with waterfall Argent and six pine trees Vert.
Christopher Southworth

The landscape on the flag of Les Brenets represents Doubs Falls (in French "Le Saut du Doubs"), an important waterfall on the river Doubs (phonetically du:) separating France and Switzerland.
Pascal Gross, 28 May 2000

On 1 January 2021 Les Brenets became part of Le Locle.