Chaux-des-Crotenay

Chaux-des-Crotenay
Chaux-des-Crotenay
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Chaux-des-Crotenay
	Chaux-des-Crotenay Chaux-des-Crotenay
	Coordinates: 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
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Daniel Vionnet
Area 1	11.67 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population (2012)	409
• Density	35/km2 (91/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 Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	545	—
1806	560	+2.8%
1821	597	+6.6%
1831	623	+4.4%
1841	565	−9.3%
1851	570	+0.9%
1861	552	−3.2%
1872	502	−9.1%
1881	551	+9.8%
1891	552	+0.2%
1901	505	−8.5%
1911	496	−1.8%
1921	403	−18.8%
1931	453	+12.4%
1946	449	−0.9%
1954	487	+8.5%
1962	468	−3.9%
1968	454	−3.0%
1975	418	−7.9%
1982	394	−5.7%
1990	362	−8.1%
1999	375	+3.6%
2006	402	+7.2%
2012	409	+1.7%

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.