Créchy
Créchy | ||
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The railway station in the early 20th century | ||
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Créchy | ||
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Créchy | ||
Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°ECoordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E | ||
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 | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 356 | — |
1968 | 440 | +23.6% |
1975 | 331 | −24.8% |
1982 | 425 | +28.4% |
1990 | 481 | +13.2% |
1999 | 442 | −8.1% |
2008 | 473 | +7.0% |
2012 | 486 | +2.7% |
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Hugueney et al. (2003)
- Hugueney, Marguerite; Berthet, Didier; Bodergat, Anne-Marie; Escuillié, François; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile & Wattinne, Aurélia (2003): La limite Oligocène-Miocène en Limagne: changements fauniques chez les mammifères, oiseaux et ostracodes des différents niveaux de Billy-Créchy (Allier, France) [The Oligocene-Miocene boundary in Limagne: faunal changes in the mammals, birds and ostracods from the different levels of Billy-Créchy (Allier, France)] [French with English abstract]. Geobios 36(6): 719–731. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.002 (HTML abstract)
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