Chaux-des-Crotenay

Chaux-des-Crotenay

Coat of arms
Chaux-des-Crotenay

Coordinates: 46°39′30″N 5°58′05″E / 46.6583°N 5.9681°E / 46.6583; 5.9681Coordinates: 46°39′30″N 5°58′05″E / 46.6583°N 5.9681°E / 46.6583; 5.9681
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Jura
Arrondissement Lons-le-Saunier
Canton Les Planches-en-Montagne
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Daniel Vionnet
Area1 11.67 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 409
 • Density 35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 39129 / 39150
Elevation 560–859 m (1,837–2,818 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chaux-des-Crotenay is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793545—    
1806560+2.8%
1821597+6.6%
1831623+4.4%
1841565−9.3%
1851570+0.9%
1861552−3.2%
1872502−9.1%
1881551+9.8%
1891552+0.2%
1901505−8.5%
1911496−1.8%
1921403−18.8%
1931453+12.4%
1946449−0.9%
1954487+8.5%
1962468−3.9%
1968454−3.0%
1975418−7.9%
1982394−5.7%
1990362−8.1%
1999375+3.6%
2006402+7.2%
2012409+1.7%

Battle of Alesia

Danielle Porte, a professor at the Sorbonne, has argued that Chaux-des-Crotenay is the site of Alesia, the last major battle between the Gauls under Vercingetorix and the Romans under Julius Caesar.

See also

References

    Panorama of Chaux-des-crotenay
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