Chaux-des-Crotenay

Chaux-des-Crotenay
Commune
The church in Chaux-des-Crotenay
Coat of arms
Location of Chaux-des-Crotenay
Chaux-des-Crotenay Show map of France Chaux-des-Crotenay Show map of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 46°39′30″N 5°58′05″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 km^2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	390
• Density	33/km^2 (87/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chaux-des-Crotenay (French pronunciation: [ʃo de kʁɔtnɛ]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

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

Main article: Battle of Alesia

The siege of Alesia was the last major battle between the Gauls under Vercingetorix and the Romans under Julius Caesar, but the location of the historical city of Alesia remains under dispute. The generally accepted location is in Alise-Sainte-Reine, but 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.

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Alesia, the Jura Hypothesis

Panorama of Chaux-des-crotenay