Créchy
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Créchy (French pronunciation: [kʁeʃi]; Occitan: Creschic) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Créchy | |
|---|---|
 The railway station in the early 20th century | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Créchy | |
  Créchy Location within France  Créchy Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Vichy |
| Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule |
| Intercommunality | Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Catherine Jonet[1] |
Area 1 | 11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 428 |
| • Density | 36.9/km2 (95.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03091 /03150 |
| Elevation | 233–344 m (764–1,129 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Between this village and nearby Billy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 440 | — |
| 1975 | 331 | −3.98% |
| 1982 | 425 | +3.64% |
| 1990 | 481 | +1.56% |
| 1999 | 442 | −0.94% |
| 2007 | 466 | +0.66% |
| 2012 | 486 | +0.84% |
| 2017 | 455 | −1.31% |
| 2023 | 428 | −1.01% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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