Croze (French: [kʁɔz]) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Croze  | |
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| Coordinates: 45°49′11″N 2°09′42″E / 45.8197°N 2.1617°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Aubusson |
| Canton | Felletin |
| Intercommunality | CC Creuse Grand Sud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Didier Ternat[1] |
| Area 1 | 22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 188 |
| • Density | 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23071 /23500 |
| Elevation | 518–841 m (1,699–2,759 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography edit
Croze is an area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, located at the confluence of the Creuse with the Gioune, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D35 and the D982 roads.
Population edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 207 | — |
| 1968 | 245 | +18.4% |
| 1975 | 196 | −20.0% |
| 1982 | 211 | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 202 | −4.3% |
| 1999 | 211 | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 185 | −12.3% |
Notable sites edit
- A twelfth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
- The fifteenth-century chapel of St. Antoine.
- The nineteenth-century château de Mas-Laurent, which replaced an earlier building.
Personalities edit
- Lucien Le Cam, mathematician, was born here.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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