Crocq

Crocq
The Chapel of the Visitation, in Crocq The Chapel of the Visitation, in Crocq
Coat of arms of Crocq Coat of arms
Crocq
Location within Limousin region Crocq
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Crocq
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)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	704	—
1968	746	+6.0%
1975	844	+13.1%
1982	834	−1.2%
1990	674	−19.2%
1999	546	−19.0%
2008	511	−6.4%

Sights

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The castle

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The oil-press

• The remaining towers of a twelfth-century castle.
• A thirteenth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
• The nineteenth-century church of St. Eloi.
• The twelfth-century chapel of Notre-Dame.
• A dolmen in the forest.
• Several 16th- and 17th-century houses
• A racing car museum at Mas du Clos.
• A display of machines and tools once used in the fur factory.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Crocq on the Quid website (French)