Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane
Geneveys -sur -Coffrane was a municipality in the district of Val -de- Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard -Saint- Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin- Vilars -Saules, Fontainemelon, Fontaines, Les Hauts- Geneveys Montmollin, Le Pâquier, Savagnier and Villiers to new municipality of Val -de- Ruz.
Geography
Geneveys -sur -Coffrane is located on 862 m above sea level. M., 7 km west-northwest of the capital of the canton of Neuchâtel (air line). The village is located in the southwest of the basin Val de Ruz in the Neuchâtel Jura, in a promising position on the eastern foot of Mont Racine.
The area of 7.9 km ² large municipality area includes a small section in the south west of the syncline of the Val de Ruz. The communal land extends from the agricultural area of the Val de Ruz west across the forest area La Grande Forêt on the anticline of Mont Racine. At the summit of this mountain is 1,439 m above sea level with. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. Here there is an extensive Jura mountain meadows with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. A small part of the municipality lies on the western slopes of Mont Racine above the Côtes de Marmoud in the catchment area of the Vallée des Ponts. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 40 % of forest and woody plants and 53% to agriculture.
To Geneveys -sur -Coffrane include some isolated farms of the Jura heights. Neighboring communities of Geneveys -sur -Coffrane are Coffrane, Mont Mollin, La sagne and Boudevilliers.
Population
With 1611 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Geneveys -sur -Coffrane belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Neuchâtel. Of the 81.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 6.7% and 3.2% Italian- portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Les Geneveys -sur -Coffrane has steadily increased until 1990 (1480 inhabitants), and since then it has only very small fluctuations.
Economy
Geneveys -sur -Coffrane was until the mid-19th century embossed mainly by agriculture village. After an economic boom followed by the settlement of companies of watchmaking, the making of furniture, a brick factory and a brewery. After 1945 the watch industry, the machine tool industry and the construction industry gained great importance. In recent decades, Geneveys -sur -Coffrane has developed into the residential community. Many workers are commuters and work primarily in Neuchâtel or in La Chaux -de-Fonds. The community is home to the training and meeting center of Neuchâtel Le Louverain Reformed Church.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares on the main road from Mont Mollin to Les Hauts- Geneveys. On 1 December 1859, the railway line was Neuchâtel - La Chaux -de-Fonds inaugurated a railway station in Geneveys -sur -Coffrane. Through a bus line that runs via Boudevilliers and Cernier to Les Hauts- Geneveys, the village is connected with the other places in the western Val de Ruz.
History
The discovery of a Hammerbeils from the Neolithic period indicates a very early inspection and settlement of the municipality. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1370 under the name Les Genevois sus Corfrano. The etymology of the name is disputed. While some sources say that here at the end of the 13th century emigrants had settled in Geneva, suggest other Geneveys as a derivation of Genévriers ( juniper).
Geneveys -sur -Coffrane belonged to the rule Valanginian, some of which was under the Counts of Neuchâtel, partly the Counts of Montbéliard and in 1592 finally came to Neuchâtel. Since 1648 Neuchâtel principality and 1707 was linked by personal union with the Kingdom of Prussia. 1806, the region was ceded to Napoleon I. and came in 1815 during the Congress of Vienna to the Swiss Confederation, the kings of Prussia until 1857 Neuchâtel trade also prince of Neuchâtel remained. Geneveys -sur -Coffrane does not have its own church, the church belongs to the parish Coffrane.