Créchy

Créchy

The railway station in the early 20th century

Coat of arms
Créchy

Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E / 46.2622; 3.4242Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E / 46.2622; 3.4242
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Intercommunality Varennes Forterre
Government
  Mayor (2014–2020) Luce Billet[1]
Area1 11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 486
  Density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

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

Créchy is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

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).[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962356    
1968440+23.6%
1975331−24.8%
1982425+28.4%
1990481+13.2%
1999442−8.1%
2008473+7.0%
2012486+2.7%

See also

References

  1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier (in French). 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. Hugueney et al. (2003)
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