Créchy
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Vichy | |
| Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule | |
| Community association | Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 16 ′ N , 3 ° 25 ′ E | |
| height | 233-344 m | |
| surface | 11.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 455 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03150 | |
| INSEE code | 03091 | |
| Website | http://crechy.interco-abl.fr/ | |
Créchy is a French municipality with 455 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Vichy and the canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (until 2015 Varennes-sur-Allier ). The inhabitants are called Créchyssois .
geography
Créchy is about 14 kilometers north of Vichy am Allier . Créchy is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Varennes-sur-Allier in the north, Rongères in the north-east, Langy in the east, Sanssat in the east and south-east, Billy in the south, Marcenat in the west and south-west and Paray-sous-Briailles in the west and north-west.
The national route 209 runs through the municipality .
The community owned a train station on the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway line, which is no longer served today.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 356 | 440 | 331 | 425 | 481 | 442 | 459 | 493 | 463 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Créchy
- Saint Germain Church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 1021-1023.
