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Fontainemelon is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

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Place details

Locality
Val-de-Ruz
Region
Neuchâtel
Country
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population
1,647
Timezone
Europe/Zurich

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Fontainemelon
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Fontainemelon-coat of arms.svg
Swiss town.canton
Neuchâtel
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-NE
Swiss town.district
Val-de-Ruz
Swiss town.postal_code
2052
Swiss town.municipality_code
6478
Swiss town.area
2.45
Swiss town.elevation
864
Swiss town.population
1625
Swiss town.populationof
December 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.fontainemelon.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Cernier, Fontaines, Les Hauts-Geneveys

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
  • External links

Fontainemelon is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

The municipalities of Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard-Saint-Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fontainemelon, Fontaines, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Montmollin, Le Pâquier, Savagnier and Villiers merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val-de-Ruz.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fontainemelon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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