Choux
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Canton | Saint-Lupicine | |
| Community association | Haut-Jura Saint-Claude | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 18 ' N , 5 ° 46' E | |
| height | 580-1,020 m | |
| surface | 8.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 119 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39370 | |
| INSEE code | 39151 | |
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Choux is a commune in the French department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Choux is located at 830 m , about twelve kilometers southwest of the city of Saint-Claude (as the crow flies). The farming village extends in the Jura , on a saddle east of the Longviry valley, on the western edge of the high plateaus of the Hautes-Combes.
The area of the 8.29 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is taken up by the 1.5 kilometer wide saddle of Choux, which is oriented in a south-west-north-east direction. From a geological point of view, it forms the apex of an anticline in the Jura, broken open by erosion . The saddle descends towards the northeast to the Vulvoz basin, towards the southwest to the valley of the Longviry (tributary of the Bienne ), with the western municipal boundary running along the course of the stream. In the northwest it is bordered by the height of Choux ( 905 m ), a long ridge. To the east, the community area extends over a steep slope to the adjacent high plateau with the Belvédère de Sur Cuchet (viewpoint) and the Bois des Ecollets forest (an average of 1000 m ). Here the highest elevation of Choux is reached with 1015 m . The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
Choux includes the hamlet of Sous la Boutière ( 825 m ) in the hollow of a side valley of the Longviry, the valley called Rosset and some individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Choux are Rogna and Vulvoz in the north, Les Bouchoux in the east and Viry in the south and west.
history
The discovery of a Roman coin treasure in 1837 indicates that the municipality of Choux was settled very early. Choux is first mentioned in the 12th century as the property of the Saint-Claude Abbey. In the 13th century the village was the site of a hospital for lepers. In the course of the clashes between Franche-Comté and France, Choux was sacked by French troops in the 17th century. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Population development
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 139 |
| 1968 | 121 |
| 1975 | 90 |
| 1982 | 81 |
| 1990 | 135 |
| 1999 | 118 |
| 2005 | 143 |
With 119 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Choux is one of the smallest communities in the Jura department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (in 1901 there were still 310 people), the population has increased again since the mid-1980s.
Attractions
The current village church of Choux was built in 1861 on the site of a previous building from the 16th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Choux was a village dominated by agriculture , in particular cattle breeding and dairy farming, as well as forestry. Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the community. Many workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Molinges in the Bienne valley to Belleydoux . There are other road connections with Viry and Les Bouchoux.
