Crocq

Crocq
The Chapel of the Visitation, in Crocq
Coat of arms
Crocq
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Crocq
Coordinates: 45°52′09″N 2°22′05″E / 45.8692°N 2.3681°E / 45.8692; 2.3681Coordinates: 45°52′09″N 2°22′05″E / 45.8692°N 2.3681°E / 45.8692; 2.3681
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Auzances
Intercommunality	Haut Pays Marchois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Longchambon
Area1	14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	511
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23069 /23260
Elevation	640–829 m (2,100–2,720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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 boundary.