The Forest of Chailluz is a wooded area comprising 1,673

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, located in

Besançon Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzer ...

, in the

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. It is bisected by Highway A36. Its elevation ranges from around Thise to at the Fort de la Dame Blanche.

Quarry

* Historically, quarries in Chailluz provided the chalky, blue and beige mottled stone from which the majority of old buildings in the center of Besançon were built.

Notable sites

* Hamlet of the "Grandes Baraques" * Fort de Chailluz (Fort de la Dame Blanche; Fort of the White Lady)

References

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