Fontaines
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…- Type: Village with 912 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Fontaines, Switzerland” and “Les Loges”
- Postal code: 2046
Places of Interest
Highlights: Reformed Church and Les Hauts-Geneveys railway station.
Vue des Alpes
Mountain saddle
Vue des Alpes is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Vue des Alpes is situated 4 km northwest of Fontaines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Bonneville, ruined medieval town and Cernier.
Fontaines
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Val-de-Ruz, Val-de-Ruz District, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.04414° or 47° 2′ 39″ north
Longitude
6.90042° or 6° 54′ 2″ east
Population
912
Elevation
757 metres (2,484 feet)
Open location code
8FV82WV2+M5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Waray—“Fontaines” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fontaines”
- Cebuano: “Fontaines”
- Chinese: “豐泰訥”
- Dutch: “Fontaines”
- Esperanto: “Fontaines NE”
- French: “Fontaines”
- German: “Fontaines NE”
- German: “Fontaines”
- Hungarian: “Fontaines (NE)”
- Italian: “Fontaines”
- Japanese: “フォンテーヌ”
- Lombard: “Fontaines”
- Malay: “Fontaines, Neuchâtel”
- Malay: “Fontaines”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fontaines i Sveits”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Fontaines”
- Spanish: “Fontaines”
- Swedish: “Fontaines, Neuchâtel”
- Swedish: “Fontaines”
- Swiss German: “Fontaines NE”
- Turkish: “Fontaines”
- Volapük: “Fontaines”
- Waray (Philippines): “Fontaines, Swiza”
- Waray (Philippines): “Fontaines”
- “Fontaines NE”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: A Pralan and Landeyeux.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Piscine d’Engollon and Ecurie des Pommiers.
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