Chaux-des-Crotenay

Chaux-des-Crotenay
Commune
The church in Chaux-des-Crotenay
Coat of arms
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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
Area 1	11.67 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	402
• Density	34/km2 (89/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.

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

Population[]

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 the alternative theory that a site in Chaux-des-Crotenay better fits the historical description.

See also[]

• Communes of the Jura department

References[]

• INSEE statistics

External links[]

• Alesia, the Jura Hypothesis

Panorama of Chaux-des-crotenay

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