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An interactive checklist to guide you through the first administrative and personal steps.
1. Contact the doctor
First 2 hoursIf the death occurs at home, immediately contact the family doctor or the 144 emergency service for the official confirmation of death and the issuance of the medical certificate (essential for all further steps).
2. Choose a funeral home
Organise transport and the first wishes of the deceased.
3. Inform loved ones and the potential employer
Before any public announcement, it is essential to personally inform the family, close friends, and any potential employer of the deceased.
4. Official notification to the Civil Registry Office
Must be done at Office de l'état civil des Montagnes neuchâteloises (within 48 hours).
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In La Chaux-de-Fonds, deaths must be declared to the Office de l'état civil des Montagnes neuchâteloises within 48 hours.
Deaths in La Chaux-de-Fonds must be announced to the Office de l'état civil des Montagnes neuchâteloises within 48 hours. The office is located at Hôtel-de-Ville 1, 2400 Le Locle. You can contact the office by phone at +41 32 933 84 64 or by email at ecmn@ne.ch to complete the death declaration procedure.
La Chaux-de-Fonds manages several cemeteries. The main one is Cimetière de La Chaux-de-Fonds (Rue de la Charrière 102, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds).
Cimetière de La Chaux-de-Fonds is located at Rue de la Charrière 102, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds. The cemetery offers inhumation, cremation, tombe familiale, columbarium, and jardin souvenir, and includes an on-site crematorium.
Cimetière israélite des Eplatures is located in La Chaux-de-Fonds at Les Eplatures, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds. The cemetery offers inhumation as a sepulture type and does not have a crematorium.