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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
Croze is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.
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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
References
External links
- Croze on the Quid website (French)
Categories:- Communes of Creuse
- Creuse geography stubs
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