Le Chaffaut-St-Jurson (; ) is a commune in the

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (sometimes abbreviated as AHP; ; ; ), formerly until 1970 known as Basses-Alpes (, ), is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the sou ...

department in southeastern

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Geography

The village is located at an altitude of 584 meters, in the valley of the

Bléone The Bléone (; ) is a long river in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence '' département'', southeastern France. Its drainage basin is .

. The differents commune adjacent to Le Chauffaut-Saint-Jurson are Aiglun,

Digne-les-Bains Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the Franco-Provençal, classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Alpe ...

, Châteauredon,

Mézel Mézel (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies on the right bank of the Asse, which forms all of the communes eastern border. Population See also *Communes of the Alp ...

, Saint-Jeannet,

Malijai Malijai () is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. In 1974, it absorbed the former commune Chénerilles.

, Mirabeau,

Mallemoisson Mallemoisson (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Geography The Bléone forms the commune's southern border. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department The foll ...

Toponymy

The locality of Chaffaut appeared for the first time in the texts between 1064 and 1079 (in Kadalfucho). The term comes from the north-

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translating cadalfac, naming a house with an outside staircase and a balcony according to Ernest Nègre, from catafalicum, meaning scaffold or siege tower according to Bénédicte and Jean-Jacques Fénié. Saint-Jurson is a deformation of the name of the holy patron saint of the church, saint Georges, apostle of the Velay.