Marchaux | |
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Part of Marchaux-Chaudefontaine | |
Coordinates: 47°19′27″N 6°08′01″E / 47.3242°N 6.1336°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Doubs |
Arrondissement | Besançon |
Canton | Besançon-4 |
Commune | Marchaux-Chaudefontaine |
Area 1 | 10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[1] | 1,235 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 25640 |
Elevation | 279–530 m (915–1,739 ft) |
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.[2]
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.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 305 | — |
1968 | 379 | +24.3% |
1975 | 556 | +46.7% |
1982 | 688 | +23.7% |
1990 | 806 | +17.2% |
1999 | 937 | +16.3% |
2008 | 1,030 | +9.9% |
2012 | 1,193 | +15.8% |