Les Geneveys-sur-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.
[2] Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane had an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.9 square kilometers (3.1 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 8.1% is settled (buildings or roads).
[3] The former municipality is located in the Val-de-Ruz district, at the foot of the 1,439 m (4,721 ft) high Mont Racine and along the SBB-CFF-FFS Neuchâtel to La Chaux-de-Fonds rail line.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Chevronelles Gules and in chief two Mullets of Five Or.
[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,147 or 81.4%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (95 or 6.7%) and Italian is the third (45 or 3.2%).
[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 24.72% of the vote.
[7] There were 748 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 27 or 27.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 7.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 18.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 3.1% were in the information industry, 4 or 4.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 9.2% were in education and 14 or 14.3% were in health care.
[7] From the 2000 census[update], 408 or 29.0% were Roman Catholic, while 482 or 34.2% 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.