Crocq

Crocq
Crocq
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Crocq
Intercommunality	Haut Pays Marchois
Mayor	Jacques Longchambon (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	640–829 m (2,100–2,720 ft)
Land area1	14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population2	511  (2008)
- Density	36 /km2 (93 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23069/ 23260
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.

Coordinates: 45°52′09″N 2°22′05″E / 45.8691666667°N 2.36805555556°E / 45.8691666667; 2.36805555556

Crocq (Occitan: Cròc) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D996 roads.

The Chavanon (locally called la Ramade) has its source in the southeastern part of the commune, near the hamlet le Montel-Guillaume.

The river Tardes forms all of the commune's northeastern border.

Population

Historical population of Crocq

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
704	746	844	834	674	546	511

Sights

The castle

The oil-press

• The remaining towers of a twelfth-century castle.
• A thirteenth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
• The nineteenth-century church of St. Eloi.
• The twelfth-century chapel of Notre-Dame.
• A dolmen in the forest.
• Several 16th- and 17th-century houses
• A racing car museum at Mas du Clos.
• A display of machines and tools once used in the fur factory.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Crocq on the Quid website (French)