Chaux-des-Crotenay
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Chaux-des-Crotenay
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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 | |
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| • 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) | |
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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.
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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