Val-de-Ruz district

District du Val-de-Ruz
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Neuchâtel (NE)
Main town :	Cernier
Area :	128.07 km²
Residents:	17,411 (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	136 inhabitants per km²
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The District du Val-de-Ruz was a district of the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland until December 31, 2017 . It included the region of the Val de Ruz and the surrounding Jura heights .

The following communities belonged to the district (as of January 1, 2016) :

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2017)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	Val-de-Ruz	16,907	124.31	136
	Valangine	504	3.76	134
Total (2)		17,411	128.07	136

Changes in the community

On November 27, 2011, the electorate approved a merger of 15 municipalities from the 16 municipalities of the district on January 1, 2013. The new municipality is called Val-de-Ruz and has around 16,000 inhabitants. Since then, the district has consisted of only two communities, Val-de-Ruz and Valangin .

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  Municipalities until 2012

• 1875: Fenin , Saules and Vilars → Fenin-Vilars-Saules merger
• 2013: Fusion Boudevilliers , Cernier , Chézard-Saint-Martin , Coffrane , Dombresson , Engollon , Fenin-Vilars-Saules , Fontainemelon , Fontaines , Le Pâquier , Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane , Les Hauts-Geneveys , Montmollin , Savagnier and Villiers → Val-de-Ruz

Web links

Commons : District of Val-de-Ruz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maurice Evard: Val-de-Ruz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to four main areas (15.12.2017) of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
2. ↑ bazonline.ch