Chaux-des-Crotenay | ||
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Commune | ||
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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 | 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.