Marchaux

Part of Marchaux-Chaudefontaine in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Marchaux

Part of Marchaux-Chaudefontaine

Location of Marchaux

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Coordinates: 47°19′27″N 6°08′01″E﻿ / ﻿47.3242°N 6.1336°E﻿ / 47.3242; 6.1336
Country| France
Region| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department| Doubs
Arrondissement| Besançon
Canton| Besançon-4
Commune| Marchaux-Chaudefontaine

Area

| 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]

## Geography

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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

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Historical populationYear| 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%

## See also

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* Communes of the Doubs department

## References

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1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2015, INSEE
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 4 December 2017 (in French)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marchaux.

* Marchaux on the intercommunal Web site of the department (in French)

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