Le Crest
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Le Crest from summit of Puy Giroux.
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Le Crest
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| Coordinates: 45°41′07″N 3°07′39″E / 45.685346°N 3.127384°ECoordinates: 45°41′07″N 3°07′39″E / 45.685346°N 3.127384°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand |
| Canton | Les Martres-de-Veyre |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Les Cheires |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Gérard Perrodin |
| Area1 | 6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)2 | 1,326 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63126 / 63450 |
| Elevation | 366–653 m (1,201–2,142 ft) (avg. 608 m or 1,995 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Le Crest is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is a market village of a rural region is known for wine growing and other agricultural crops. As in areas of Italy, the ancient village developed around a fortress chateau built on a hilltop for defensive purposes. Dwellings of commoners were built outside the walls of the chateau. The village has a central square with a fountain and a market cross. Agricultural fields extend away from the limits of the village, so the people lived near each other in the village and would travel outside to the fields and vineyards to work.
Anton Docher, a missionary Catholic priest who served for 34 years at Pueblo of Isleta in New Mexico, United States of America, was born in Le Crest in 1852. He was later known as "The Padre of Isleta."
Le Crest, Dec. 2006
Church in Le Crest
"La tour de l'horloge"
The village about 1900, showing ancient chateau
Church c. 1900
General view
Haying and the village
Main square c. 1900
The main square, c. 1900
Fountain square and market cross, c. 1900
The old fountain, c. 1900
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