Château-Chalon

Château-Chalon
Coat of arms
Château-Chalon
Location within Franche-Comté region Château-Chalon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Voiteur
Intercommunality	Coteaux de la Haute Seille
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Vuillaume
Area1	10.17 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	153
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	39114 / 39210
Elevation	254–563 m (833–1,847 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Château-Chalon is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.

The commune is perched on a cliff in the first fold of the Jura mountains and commands a spectacular prospect. It is reached from the west by a road with numerous hairpin curves. Its situation has earned it nomination as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France.

Although the west side of the village is a sheer cliff, the east side slopes gently away in vineyards famous for their white wine, Château-Chalon AOC.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	641	—
1806	718	+12.0%
1821	647	−9.9%
1831	677	+4.6%
1841	700	+3.4%
1851	673	−3.9%
1861	597	−11.3%
1872	568	−4.9%
1881	551	−3.0%
1891	541	−1.8%
1901	454	−16.1%
1911	394	−13.2%
1921	317	−19.5%
1931	271	−14.5%
1946	225	−17.0%
1954	228	+1.3%
1962	207	−9.2%
1968	192	−7.2%
1975	160	−16.7%
1982	156	−2.5%
1990	153	−1.9%
1999	160	+4.6%
2006	166	+3.8%
2012	153	−7.8%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics