Sidmouth Tourist Information Centre welcomed a group from Sidmouth's twin town last week.

The visitors, from Le Locle in Switzerland, were hosted by members of Sidmouth's twinning circle and reportedly had a busy schedule touring the town and nearby villages as well as attending a civic reception.

View of the town of Le Locle (By Andreas Faessler - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34209896)

Le Locle stands at 3,100 ft above sea level, is situated close to the border with France and is famous for watchmaking.

It had a population of 9,864 in 2020, in contrast to Sidmouth's 12,569 recorded in 2011.

Eighty-eight per cent of the town's population speaks French, while four per cent speak Italian, and 1.9 per cent German.

SEE ALSO: Le Locle, Sidmouth's Swiss twin