Canton of Neuchâtel
Val-de-Ruz District
Val-de-Ruz

Fontaines

Fontaines is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in . The municipalities of , , , , , , , , Fontaines…
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  • 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 NE” and “Fontaines, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 2046

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reformed Church and Les Hauts-Geneveys railway station.

Church
Photo: Sinenomine2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Mountain saddle
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is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It connects and . The pass road has a maximum grade of 10 percent. is situated 4 km northwest of Fontaines.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Bonneville, ruined medieval town and Cernier.

Locality
Photo: Florine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality.

Village
Photo: Alphanet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the former capital of the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in . The municipalities of , , , , , , , , Fontaines…

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in . The municipalities of , , , , , , , , Fontaines…

Fontaines

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
node 240039023
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8533443
Wiki­data ID
Q70430
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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”
  • Esperanto: “Les Loges”
  • French: “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 (NE)”
  • 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”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Fontaines NE”
  • Turkish: “Fontaines”
  • Volapük: “Fontaines”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fontaines, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fontaines”

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