Morteau
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Morteau from Mont Vouillot
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 Morteau
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Morteau
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| Coordinates: 47°03′32″N 6°36′25″E / 47.0589°N 6.6069°ECoordinates: 47°03′32″N 6°36′25″E / 47.0589°N 6.6069°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Morteau | |
| Intercommunality | Val de Morteau | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Annie Genevard | |
| Area1 | 14.11 km2 (5.45 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 6,779 | |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 25411 /25500 | |
| Elevation | 750–1,114 m (2,461–3,655 ft) (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Morteau is a commune, in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
This little city is situated in a widening of the Doubs river valley.
The proximity of Switzerland (11 km to Le Locle, 21 km to La Chaux-de-Fonds) gives jobs to trans-border workers, as well as providing clientele for the businesses of the Morteau valley.
The Roman expansion (200 BCE, 100 CE) began the decline of the Celts. At the Battle of Alesia, at the side of Arvernes, there were an equal number of Mandubiens, the people of Doubs. They were the best riders of Vercingetorix.
At the end of the Roman Empire, the Alamanni invaded the region, followed by the Burgundians.
The region was influenced by the Normans, the Hungarian descendants of the Huns, the Sarrasins. These Arabs stopped by Charles Martel in 732, had followed the valley of the river Saône. Locally, their name was given to the tiny village of Sarrazins above Montlebon.
In 1105 the name of Morteau appeared for the first time officially. The name of Franche-Comté, however, did not appear until 1366.
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