Fontainemelon: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

La Tène is located in the surrounding area of Fontainemelon. Renting a holiday apartment in Fontainemelon places the locality itself at the centre of the accommodation search. Le Gros Crêt, Montagne de Boudry and Le Signal are also located in the surrounding area of Fontainemelon.

Culture and History

Château de Gorgier and Mont Vully are located in the wider regional surroundings of Fontainemelon.

Landscape

Fontainemelon lies at an altitude of approximately 864 metres above sea level on the northwestern edge of Val-de-Ruz in the Neuchâtel Jura.

The village stretches along the southern slope of Mont d’Amin and Vue des Alpes; the locality also includes part of Les Loges at an altitude of approximately 1,185 metres.

Agricultural land and forest account for considerable proportions of Fontainemelon’s wider land cover.

Historically, Fontainemelon is documented as a former municipality that joined the municipality of Val-de-Ruz in 2013. This development is a specific reference point for the historical classification of the locality.

Fontainemelon was first mentioned in written records around 1350; an earlier form of the name is also recorded.

More local pages: Villiers Ne, Savagnier, Fontaines, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Cernier, Dombresson, Boudevilliers, Montmollin

To the higher-level travel overview: Val-De-Ruz.