Montmollin

Montmollin
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Montmollin
Coordinates: 47°0′N 6°51′E / 47.000°N 6.850°E / 47.000; 6.850Coordinates: 47°0′N 6°51′E / 47.000°N 6.850°E / 47.000; 6.850
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Neuchâtel
District	Val-de-Ruz
Area
• Total	4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation	772 m (2,533 ft)
Population (December 2011)
• Total	568
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Postal code	2037
SFOS number	6482
Surrounded by	Brot-Plamboz, Coffrane, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, La Sagne, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Rochefort
Website	SFSO statistics

Montmollin 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.

Montmollin is first mentioned in 1347 as Mommolens. In 1372 it was mentioned as Montmolens.

Montmollin had an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.1 square kilometers (1.6 sq mi). Of this area, 2.33 km² (0.90 sq mi) or 57.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.45 km² (0.56 sq mi) or 35.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.24 km² (0.093 sq mi) or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 33.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.7% is used for growing crops and 19.5% is pastures and 18.2% is used for alpine pastures.