Fontainemelon 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] Fontainemelon had an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 21.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

It consists of the village of Fontainemelon and a portion of the hamlet of Les Loges, at an elevation of 1,230 m (4,040 ft).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced in pale, Gules, a Barulet wavy Argent, in chief a Mullet of Five Or, and in base a Watch of the same, Or, three Chevrons Sable, and Vert a Barulet wavy Argent, in chief a Mullet of Five Or, and in base a Plough of the same.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,427 or 88.9%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (46 or 2.9%) and German is the third (40 or 2.5%).

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 25.85% of the vote.

[7] There were 818 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 68 or 37.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 4.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 2.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 2.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 6 or 3.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 16 or 8.8% were in education and 37 or 20.3% were in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 407 or 25.4% were Roman Catholic, while 741 or 46.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[15] During the 2010–11 school year, there were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 38 students in Fontainemelon.