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Val-de-Ruz (district)

Val-de-Ruz District
District du Val-de-Ruz
District
Location of Val-de-Ruz District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Neuchâtel
Capital Cernier
Area
 • Total 128.02 km2 (49.43 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 17,082
 • Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 2

Val-de-Ruz District is a district of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, consisting of the region of Val de Ruz and the surrounding Jura Mountains. The district capital is the town of Cernier. It has a population of 17,082 (as of 31 December 2015).

Val-de-Ruz comprises the following municipalities:

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.

The Val-de-Ruz has a population (as of December 2015) of 17,082.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (13,144 or 90.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (451 or 3.1%) and Italian is the third (255 or 1.8%). There are 10 people who speak Romansh.


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