Crocq

Crocq
Commune
The Chapel of the Visitation, in Crocq

Coat of arms
Crocq
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Crocq
Coordinates: 45°52′09″N 2°22′05″E / 45.8692°N 2.3681°E / 45.8692; 2.3681Coordinates: 45°52′09″N 2°22′05″E / 45.8692°N 2.3681°E / 45.8692; 2.3681
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Auzances
Intercommunality CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Longchambon
Area1 14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 511
 • Density 36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23069 /23260
Elevation 640–829 m (2,100–2,720 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Crocq (Occitan: Cròc) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D996 roads.

The Chavanon (locally called la Ramade) has its source in the southeastern part of the commune, near the hamlet le Montel-Guillaume.

The river Tardes forms all of the commune's northeastern boundary.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962704—    
1968746+6.0%
1975844+13.1%
1982834−1.2%
1990674−19.2%
1999546−19.0%
2008511−6.4%

Sights

The castle
The oil-press
  • The remaining towers of a twelfth-century castle.
  • A thirteenth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
  • The nineteenth-century church of St. Eloi.
  • The twelfth-century chapel of Notre-Dame.
  • A dolmen in the forest.
  • Several 16th- and 17th-century houses
  • A racing car museum at Mas du Clos.
  • A display of machines and tools once used in the fur factory.

See also

References


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