Dombresson 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.

[2] Dombresson had an area, as of 2009[update], of 12.8 square kilometers (4.9 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

[3] The former municipality is located in the Val-de-Ruz district, along the old course of the Seyon river (before it was moved into a canal and covered in 1928) and on the Neuchâtel-Saint-Imier road.

It consists of the village of Dombresson on the valley floor and the hamlet of Les Vieux Prés at an elevation of 1,030 m (3,380 ft) as well as scattered farm houses.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,395 or 91.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (44 or 2.9%) and Italian is the third (26 or 1.7%).

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][11] The Farm House Aux Planches is listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Dombresson is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, of which 36 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 37 or 24.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 3.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 14 or 9.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 2.0% were in the information industry, 4 or 2.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 18 or 12.0% were in education and 22 or 14.7% were in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 365 or 24.0% were Roman Catholic, while 712 or 46.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.