Croze
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Croze (French: [kʁɔz]) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Croze | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Croze | |
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| Coordinates: 45°49′11″N 2°09′42″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 (2023)[2] | 185 |
| • Density | 8.35/km2 (21.6/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
Population
| 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
- 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
- Lucien Le Cam, mathematician, was born here.
