Chaux-des-Crotenay (French pronunciation: [ʃo de kʁɔtnɛ]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3]
Chaux-des-Crotenay | |
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.JPG) The church in Chaux-des-Crotenay | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Chaux-des-Crotenay | |
  Chaux-des-Crotenay  Chaux-des-Crotenay | |
| Coordinates: 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 | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Monique Fantini[1] |
Area 1 | 11.67 km2 (4.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 409 |
| • Density | 35.0/km2 (90.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 454 | — |
| 1975 | 418 | −1.17% |
| 1982 | 394 | −0.84% |
| 1990 | 362 | −1.05% |
| 1999 | 375 | +0.39% |
| 2009 | 412 | +0.95% |
| 2014 | 417 | +0.24% |
| 2020 | 390 | −1.11% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Battle of Alesia
editThe siege of Alesia was the last major battle between the Gauls under Vercingetorix and the Romans under Julius Caesar. Danielle Porte, a professor at the Sorbonne, has argued for an alternative theory that a site in Chaux-des-Crotenay better fits the historical description. However, the consensus of the scientific community is that the siege of Alesia happened in what is today the commune of Alise-Sainte-Reine, based on a considerable amount of archaeological and historical research.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ Paul Bidwell, M. Reddé (dir.) & alii, « Fouilles et recherches franco-allemandes sur les travaux militaires romains autour du mont Auxois (1991-1997) », Mémoire de l'Académie des inscriptions, 2 vol., Paris, 2001 (Britannia, 2005, 36, p. 503-504): ″There has for long seemed to have been a problem in matching Caesar topographical description with the landscape of Alesia […] Reddé's careful comparison of the description with the landscape shows that there are no real contradiction."
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