Créchy
Créchy | |
|---|---|
 The railway station in the early 20th century | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Créchy  | |
  Créchy  Créchy | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Vichy |
| Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule |
| Intercommunality | Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Catherine Jonet[1] |
Area 1 | 11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 430 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03091 /03150 |
| Elevation | 233–344 m (764–1,129 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Créchy (French pronunciation: [kʁeʃi]; Occitan: Creschic) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Between this village and nearby Billy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 440 | — |
| 1975 | 331 | −3.98% |
| 1982 | 425 | +3.64% |
| 1990 | 481 | +1.56% |
| 1999 | 442 | −0.94% |
| 2009 | 480 | +0.83% |
| 2014 | 472 | −0.34% |
| 2020 | 436 | −1.31% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Hugueney et al. (2003)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- Hugueney, Marguerite; Berthet, Didier; Bodergat, Anne-Marie; Escuillié, François; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile & Wattinne, Aurélia (2003): La limite Oligocène-Miocène en Limagne: changements fauniques chez les mammifères, oiseaux et ostracodes des différents niveaux de Billy-Créchy (Allier, France) [The Oligocene-Miocene boundary in Limagne: faunal changes in the mammals, birds and ostracods from the different levels of Billy-Créchy (Allier, France)] [French with English abstract]. Geobios 36(6): 719–731. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.002 (HTML abstract)
