Crest, Drôme

Crest
Crest
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Crest-Nord and Crest-Sud
Intercommunality	Val de Drôme
Mayor	Hervé Mariton (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	166–463 m (545–1,519 ft)
Land area1	23.38 km2 (9.03 sq mi)
Population2	7,793  (2008)
- Density	333 /km2 (860 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	26108/ 26400
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: 44°43′45″N 5°01′22″E / 44.7291666667°N 5.02277777778°E / 44.7291666667; 5.02277777778

Crest is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population of Crest, Drôme

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
4500	4500	4370	4335	4901	4983	4948	5079	5423	5110

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
5460	5351	5568	5600	5535	5669	5569	5582	5579	5660

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
5536	5005	5250	5379	5513	5359	5773	6207	7140	7519

1982	1990	1999	2008
7518	7583	7739	7793

Its inhabitants are called Crestois.

Sights

• The Tour de Crest, one of the highest medieval keeps in France - 52 m. Its height dominates the town. The tower was part of a castle which guarded one of the entrances to the Pre-Alps in Drôme. The site offers a large panoramic view.

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• Saint-Sauveur Church
• Monument to the resistance to the coup d'etat of 2 December 1851 in Provence.

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Parc naturel régional du Vercors

References

• INSEE

Drôme River at Crest