Les Hauts-Geneveys

Les Hauts-Geneveys 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 Hauts-Geneveys had an area, as of 2009[update], of 8 square kilometers (3.1 sq mi).

[3] Les Hauts-Geneveys lies at an altitude of 986 meters (3,235 ft), 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) directly northwest of the canton capital, Neuchâtel.

This high-altitude village in the Val-de-Ruz lies on the eastern slope of the Tête de Ran peak in the Jura mountains.

On these Jura highlands are expansive meadows and isolated stands of spruce (Picea abies).

In the far western part of the municipality there are two small basins at the northeastern edge of the Vallée des Ponts.

The highest point of Les Hauts-Geneveys is 1,422 m (4,665 ft) on the southwest part of the Tête de Ran ridge on the Rochers Bruns.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, two Branches of Juniper tree Vert fructed Gules in saltire.

[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 28.22% of the vote.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 2.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 6.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 2.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 3.3% were in education and 121 or 80.7% were in health care.

[15] During the 2010-11 school year, there was one kindergarten class with a total of 16 students in Les Hauts-Geneveys.

Les Hauts Geneveys
Aerial view (1949)