Marchaux
Coordinates47.3242°N 6.1336°E
Insee25368
Postal code25640
ArrondissementBesançon
CantonBesançon-4
CommuneMarchaux-Chaudefontaine
Elevation min m279
Elevation max m530
Area km 210.06
Population1235
Population date2015
Population footnotes[1]

Marchaux (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

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.±%
1962305—
1968379+24.3%
1975556+46.7%
1982688+23.7%
1990806+17.2%
1999937+16.3%
20081,030+9.9%
20121,193+15.8%

See also

References

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