Crepey
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Toul | |
| Canton | My au Saintois | |
| Community association | Pays de Colombey et du Sud Toulois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 32 ' N , 5 ° 58' E | |
| height | 297-434 m | |
| surface | 20.90 km 2 | |
| Residents | 394 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54170 | |
| INSEE code | 54143 | |
| Website | http://www.crepey.mairie54.fr/ | |
 Rue de l'Église in Crépey |
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Crépey is a French commune with 394 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Toul and the canton of Meine au Saintois ( canton Colombey-les-Belles until 2015 ). The inhabitants call themselves Crépeyens / Crépeyennes and have the nickname Crépey les faous .
geography
Crépey is about 18 kilometers southeast of Toul, east of the A31 autoroute . The neighboring municipalities of Crépey are Thuilley-aux-Groseilles in the north, Germiny in the northeast and east, Goviller in the southeast, Selaincourt in the south, Colombey-les-Belles in the southwest and Allain (in the Vosges department) in the west. Large parts of the community are forested. The river Uvry has its source south of the village.
history
The name of today's parish was first mentioned indirectly in a document in 836 in the form of Basilica in Crepiaco . In the Middle Ages the community belonged to the territory of the Duchy of Lorraine . More precisely to the office ( Bailliage ) Vézelise. With this rule, Crépey fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was then in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the district of Vézelise and from 1793 to 2015 part of the canton of Colombey-les-Belles. With the exception of the years 1926 to 1943, when it belonged to the Arrondissement of Nancy, Crépey has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Toul since 1801. Until 1871, the community was in the old Meurt (h) e. Since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1851 | 1861 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
| Residents | 726 | 991 | 981 | 913 | 357 | 347 | 314 | 297 | 274 | 272 | 326 | 389 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||||||
Attractions
- Church of the Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge ; renovated in 1787
- 19th century Chapel of Saint Lambert to the west of the village
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Memorial on the D904 towards Thuilley-aux-Groseilles
- four wayside crosses; several around the village and the Croix Creusot on the D4 in the west of the municipality
- two former lavoirs (wash houses)
