Crach (Morbihan)

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Crach
Krac'h
Crach Coat of Arms
Crach (France)
Crash
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Auray
Community association Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Coordinates 47 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W
height 0-44 m
surface 30.54 km 2
Residents 3,339 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 109 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56950
INSEE code 56046
Website http://www.crach.fr/

Crach ( Breton Krac'h ) is a French municipality with 3339 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . Crach belongs to the Arrondissement of Lorient and the Canton of Auray . The inhabitants are called Crachois .

geography

Crach is bounded by the Auray and Crac'h Rivers . Crach is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brech and Auray in the north, Pluneret in the northeast, Bono in the east, Baden and Locmariaquer in the southeast, Saint-Philibert in the south, La Trinité-sur-Mer in the southwest, Carnac in the west and Ploemel in the northwest.

Route nationale 165 runs along the northern edge of the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
1,903 1.928 2,001 2,535 2,762 3,030 3.233 3,300

Landmark and monument historique

Saint-Thuriau church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Crach (Morbihan)

  • Church of Saint-Thuriau
  • Ossuary at the cemetery, monument historique since 1925
  • Chapel of Saint André in Lomarec coffin with inscription
  • Notre-Dame chapel in Plessis-Kaër
  • Parc-Guèren dolmen, a historic monument since 1926
  • Dolmen Kervin-Brigitte
  • Dolmen of Kerourang, Mané-Rohenezel, la Mare, each since 1938 Monument historique
  • Gallery grave of Luffang Tal er Roch, monument historique since 1938
  • Remains of the Gallo-Roman aqueduct, Monument historique since 2002
  • Plessis-Kaër Castle, monument historique since 1934

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 76-79.

Web links

Commons : Crach  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files