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Chaux-des-Crotenay

Chaux-des-Crotenay
Commune
Église Ste Marguerite de Chaux des Crotenay, Jura, France (recadrée).JPG
Coat of arms of Chaux-des-Crotenay
Coat of arms
Chaux-des-Crotenay is located in France
Chaux-des-Crotenay
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 Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
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.

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

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

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

, 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.



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