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
Part of Marchaux-Chaudefontaine
Location of Marchaux
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Coordinates: 47°19′27″N 6°08′01″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.

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

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marchaux.

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

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