Santoche

Santoche
Santoche
	Part of Pays-de-Clerval
	Location of Santoche
	Santoche Santoche
	Coordinates: 47°24′17″N 6°30′29″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Montbéliard
Canton	Bavans
Commune	Pays-de-Clerval
Area 1	2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Population (2014)[1]	87
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	25340
Elevation	275–385 m (902–1,263 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Santoche is a former commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Pays-de-Clerval.[2]

Geography

Santoche lies 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Clerval in the valley of the Doubs River on an ancient Roman road.

History

The commune has the only dolmen in the department and a rectangular mound surrounded by ditches called the Motte Jules César, which was once a Gallic temple.

Archaeological digs have discovered prehistoric objects and bones.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	31	—
1968	35	+12.9%
1975	51	+45.7%
1982	74	+45.1%
1990	77	+4.1%
1999	68	−11.7%
2008	81	+19.1%
2012	80	−1.2%

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References

Populations légales 2014: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE
Arrêté préfectoral 9 August 2016 (in French)

External links

Santoche on the regional Web site (in French)

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[pop2014-1] Populations légales 2014: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE

[2] Arrêté préfectoral 9 August 2016 (in French)