Les Terres-de-Chaux

Les Terres-de-Chaux
Commune
The church in Chaux-lès-Châtillon
Coat of arms
Location of Les Terres-de-Chaux
Les Terres-de-Chaux Les Terres-de-Chaux
Coordinates: 47°19′10″N 6°44′19″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Montbéliard
Canton	Maîche
Intercommunality	Saint-Hippolyte
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Jacques Venditti
Area 1	14.49 km2 (5.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	124
• Density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25138 /25190
Elevation	420–860 m (1,380–2,820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Terres-de-Chaux is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

The commune lies 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of Saint-Hippolyte.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	22	—
1968	26	+18.2%
1975	148	+469.2%
1982	132	−10.8%
1990	128	−3.0%
1999	116	−9.4%
2006	125	+7.8%
2008	128	+2.4%
2012	141	+10.2%

Sights and monuments

• The church of Saint-Léger was probably built in the 12th century. The nave and choir were altered in the 14th century. Side chapels were added in the 16th and 17th centuries and a sacristy to the south of the choir between 1760 et 1765. The choir contains murals from the 15th or 16th centuries. The church has been listed since 1936 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

External links

• Terres-de-Chaux on the regional web site (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Léger de Chaux-lès-Châtillon, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)