Marchaux

Marchaux
Location of Marchaux
Marchaux is located in France
Marchaux
Marchaux
Location within France
Marchaux is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Marchaux
Marchaux
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 47°19′27″N 6°08′01″E / 47.3242°N 6.1336°E / 47.3242; 6.1336
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
ArrondissementBesançon
CantonBesançon-4
CommuneMarchaux-Chaudefontaine
Area
1
10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi)
Highest elevation
530 m (1,740 ft)
Lowest elevation
279 m (915 ft)
Population
 (2015)
1,235
 • Density122.8/km2 (318.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
25640
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marchaux (French pronunciation: [maʁʃo]) is a former commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Marchaux-Chaudefontaine.

Geography

Marchaux lies 10 km (6.2 mi) from Besançon at the edge of the forest of Chailluz.

It is 2 km (1.2 mi) from the exit from the A36 freeway.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1962305—    
1968379+3.69%
1975556+5.63%
1982688+3.09%
1990806+2.00%
1999937+1.69%
20061,030+1.36%
20151,235+2.04%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2015, INSEE
  2. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 4 December 2017 (in French)
  3. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Marchaux, EHESS (in French).