Previously backed up icloud contacts,... GONE. How do I retrieve them? They're not on icloud, but were once before,...?

I recently got a replacement iphone and backed up all my contacts on icloud to the phone. I had over 200 contacts saved. This morning I had all of my contacts, now they are gone. My phone was in my locker the entire day, I did not touch any settings. Now my contacts are gone! I even went to icloud on the internet and they aren't there any more! What happened?! I'm so confused... There has to be a way to get them back, since they were once saved. Please help!

If they do not show when logging into icloud.com, they are gone.  Are you certain that you (or someone with your login credentials) did not delete them from the web interface?

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