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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Créchy
Commune
The railway station in the early 20th centuryThe railway station in the early 20th century
Coat of arms of CréchyCoat of arms
Location of Créchy
Créchy is located in FranceCréchyCréchyShow map of FranceCréchy is located in Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesCréchyCréchyShow map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E / 46.2622; 3.4242
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementVichy
CantonSaint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
IntercommunalityEntr'Allier Besbre et Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Catherine Jonet
Area11.61 km (4.48 sq mi)
Population430
 • Density37/km (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code03091 /03150
Elevation233–344 m (764–1,129 ft)
(avg. 232 m or 761 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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).

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Hugueney et al. (2003)
  4. 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) . Geobios 36(6): 719–731. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.002 (HTML abstract)
Communes of the Allier department


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