Meroux (French pronunciation: [meʁu], pronounced as Méroux) is a former commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Meroux-Moval.[2]

Meroux
Ouvrage de Meroux, by Thomas Bresson
Ouvrage de Meroux, by Thomas Bresson
Coat of arms of Meroux
Location of Meroux
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Meroux is located in France
Meroux
Meroux
Meroux is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Meroux
Meroux
Coordinates: 47°35′47″N 6°54′01″E / 47.5964°N 6.9003°E / 47.5964; 6.9003
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentTerritoire de Belfort
ArrondissementBelfort
CantonChâtenois-les-Forges
CommuneMeroux-Moval
Area
1
8.85 km2 (3.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
898
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
90400
Elevation340–406 m (1,115–1,332 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962472—    
1968464−1.7%
1975479+3.2%
1982509+6.3%
1990646+26.9%
1999660+2.2%
2006787+19.2%
2015856+8.8%

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