Fontaines 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] Fontaines had an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.1 square kilometers (3.9 sq mi).

It consists of the village of Fontaines and two exclaves in the mountains in the Pass La Vue-des-Alpes, which has an elevation of 1,283 m (4,209 ft).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Fountain Argent.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (830 or 91.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (33 or 3.6%) and Italian is the third (22 or 2.4%).

[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 28.79% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 367 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.0%.

[7] There were 467 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 16 or 22.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 5.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 32 or 45.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.8% were in the information industry, 2 or 2.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 2.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 4.2% were in education.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 216 or 23.7% were Roman Catholic, while 413 or 45.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[15] During the 2010-11 school year, there were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 29 students in Fontaines.