Lost contacts on iphone 4 and no automatic synchro anymore

Dear all,
I lost most of my contacts on my iphone 4.
For the other, I have phone numbers only.
Only a part of my contacts are still present in my contact list.
Another issue, when I link my iphone to my laptop, it did not synchronise as before. Any suggestion to fix this issue.
I purchased a macbook pro recently, any link between both situations ?
Thanks a lot for your support.
Dominique

Please read this article about troubleshooting icloud contacts.
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