Santoche


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.

Geography

Santoche lies 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