Croze

Croze
Croze
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Felletin
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Mayor	Didier Ternat (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	518–841 m (1,699–2,759 ft)
Land area1	22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Population2	185  (2008)
- Density	8 /km2 (21 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23071/ 23500
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°49′11″N 2°09′42″E / 45.8197222222°N 2.16166666667°E / 45.8197222222; 2.16166666667

Croze is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, at the confluence of the Creuse River with the Gioune, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D35 and the D982 roads.

Population

Historical population of Croze

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
207	245	196	211	202	211	185

Sights

• 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.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Croze on the Quid website (French)