Chaux-des-Crotenay

Chaux-des-Crotenay
Coat of arms
Chaux-des-Crotenay
Location within Franche-Comté region  Chaux-des-Crotenay
Coordinates: 46°39′30″N 5°58′05″E / 46.6583°N 5.9681°ECoordinates: 46°39′30″N 5°58′05″E / 46.6583°N 5.9681°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Les Planches-en-Montagne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Daniel Vionnet
Area^1	11.67 km^2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	409
• Density	35/km^2 (91/sq mi)
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
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	545	—
1806	560	+2.8%
1821	597	+6.6%
1831	623	+4.4%
1841	565	−9.3%
1851	570	+0.9%
1861	552	−3.2%
1872	502	−9.1%
1881	551	+9.8%
1891	552	+0.2%
1901	505	−8.5%
1911	496	−1.8%
1921	403	−18.8%
1931	453	+12.4%
1946	449	−0.9%
1954	487	+8.5%
1962	468	−3.9%
1968	454	−3.0%
1975	418	−7.9%
1982	394	−5.7%
1990	362	−8.1%
1999	375	+3.6%
2006	402	+7.2%
2012	409	+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

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Alesia, the Jura Hypothesis

Panorama of Chaux-des-crotenay