Val-de-Ruz

Val-de-Ruz, in Arpitan Vâl-de-Ruely, is a municipality of about 17,100 inhabitants in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 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, and its administrative services are located in the village of Cernier. The former villages have their own first mentions: Boudevilliers in 1195 as Boudeviler, Cernier in 1324 as Cernies, Coffrane in 1092 as de Cusfrano, which is also the site of the Battle of Coffrane of 1296, and Dombresson in 1178. Fenin-Vilars-Saules was created in 1875 when Fenin, Vilars and Saules merged.