Montmollin

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Neuchâtel (NE)

District :

No district division

Municipality :

Val-de-Ruz

Postal code :

2037

former BFS no. :

6482

Coordinates :

555 015 / 204 837 coordinates: 46 ° 59 '35 " N , 6 ° 50' 50" O ; CH1903: 555 015 / 204 837

Height :

772 m above sea level M.

Area :

4.06 km²

Residents:

620 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

153 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.commune-montmollin.ch

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2013

Montmollin was a municipality in the Val-de-Ruz district in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland . On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities of Boudevilliers , Cernier , Chézard-Saint-Martin , Coffrane , Dombresson , Engollon , Fenin-Vilars-Saules , Fontainemelon , Fontaines , Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane , Les Hauts-Geneveys , Le Pâquier , Savagnier and Villiers to form the new municipality of Val-de-Ruz .

geography

Montmollin lies at 772 m above sea level. M. , six kilometers west of the canton capital Neuchâtel (linear distance ). The village extends on the outermost southwest edge of the basin of Val de Ruz in the Neuchâtel Jura , at the southeast foot of Mont Racine , in a panoramic position with a view of Lake Neuchâtel , which is around 350 m lower , of the Swiss Plateau and, on a clear day, to the Alps .

The area of the 4.1 km² municipal area comprises a small section in the very southwest of the valley of the Val de Ruz. To the northwest, the area extends in a narrow strip to the anticline of Mont Racine and up to the slope above the Côtes de Marmoud , which lies in the area of the catchment area of the Vallée des Ponts . South of Mont Racine is 1401 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Montmollin reached. On the Jura heights there are extensive high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was in settlements, 37% in forests and woodlands, 56% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

The hamlet of La Prize , 981 m above sea level, belongs to Montmollin . M. on the south-east slope of Mont Racine, and some individual farms on the Jura heights. The neighboring municipalities of Montmollin are Coffrane , Corcelles-Cormondrèche , Rochefort , La Sagne and Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane .

Historical aerial photo from 1000 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1927

population

With 620 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2012), Montmollin is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Neuchâtel. 90.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.0% German-speaking and 1.7% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Montmollin has increased continuously since 1900 (then 179 inhabitants).

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, Montmollin was a village mainly characterized by agriculture . Today there are some jobs in local small business. In the last few decades, Montmollin has developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters and work mainly in Neuchâtel.

traffic

The community has good transport links. It is located on the main road from Neuchâtel over the La Tourne pass to Les Ponts-de-Martel . On December 1, 1859, the railway line from Neuchâtel to Les Hauts-Geneveys was inaugurated with a stop in Montmollin. Montmollin is also served by the PostBus course from Neuchâtel via Les Ponts-de-Martel to Le Locle .

history

The first written mention of the village took place in 1347 under the name Mommolens ; In 1372 the name Montmollens appeared . Montmollin belonged to the Valangin rule , which was partly subordinate to the Counts of Neuchâtel, partly to the Counts of Montbéliard and finally came to Neuchâtel in 1592. From 1648 Neuchâtel was a principality and from 1707 it was linked to the Kingdom of Prussia through personal union. In 1806 the area was ceded to Napoleon I and came to the Swiss Confederation in the course of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , whereby the kings of Prussia until the Neuchâtel trade in 1857 also remained princes of Neuchâtel. In 1824 Montmollin became its own municipality, which until 1832 belonged to the Mairie von Rochefort, then until 1848 to the Mairie von Valangin. Thereafter, the community was assigned to the district of Boudry before it came to the district of Val-de-Ruz in 1888. Montmollin does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Coffrane.

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