Fontaines, Switzerland

Fontaines
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Fontaines
Coordinates: 47°2.5′N 6°54′E / 47.0417°N 6.900°E / 47.0417; 6.900Coordinates: 47°2.5′N 6°54′E / 47.0417°N 6.900°E / 47.0417; 6.900
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Neuchâtel
District	Val-de-Ruz
Area
• Total	10.14 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Elevation	768 m (2,520 ft)
Population (December 2011)
• Total	1,132
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Postal code	2046
SFOS number	6479
Surrounded by	Boudevilliers, Cernier, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fontainemelon, La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Sagne, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Renan (BE)
Website	www.fontaines-ne.ch SFSO statistics

Fontaines 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.

Fontaines is first mentioned in 1228 as Fontanes.

Fontaines had an area, as of 2009^[update], of 10.1 square kilometers (3.9 sq mi). Of this area, 6.39 km² (2.47 sq mi) or 63.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.89 km² (1.12 sq mi) or 28.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.76 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 23.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 29.9% is used for growing crops and 5.4% is pastures and 27.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.