Coffrane 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, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Montmollin, Le Pâquier, Savagnier and Villiers merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val-de-Ruz.

Coffrane had an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 sq mi).

[3] The former municipality is located in the Val-de-Ruz district, on the road between Rochefort and Saint-Imier.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a base Vert issuant an Ash-tree proper.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (568 or 91.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (15 or 2.4%) and German is the third (11 or 1.8%).

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.68% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 247 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.8%.

[7] There were 303 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 13.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 13.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 9 or 24.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 10.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 10 or 27.0% were in education.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 131 or 21.2% were Roman Catholic, while 316 or 51.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

During the 2010-11 school year, there were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 43 students between the municipalities.