Cressanges
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Souvigny | |
| Community association | Bocage Bourbonnais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 27 ' N , 3 ° 10' E | |
| height | 298-475 m | |
| surface | 41.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 626 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03240 | |
| INSEE code | 03092 | |
| Website | http://www.cressanges.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Cressanges |
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Cressanges is a French municipality with 626 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the canton of Souvigny and the Arrondissement of Moulins .
geography
Cressanges is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic Bourbonnais province , about 19 kilometers southwest of the city center of Moulins . Cressanges is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Châtillon in the north and west, Noyant-d'Allier in the north and north-west, Souvigny in the north, Besson in the east and north-east, Bresnay in the east, Treban in the south and Tronget in the south-west.
Route nationale 79 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 971 | 884 | 710 | 693 | 715 | 670 | 661 | 671 | 630 |
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Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Cressanges
- Saint-Julien church
- Fourchaud Castle from the 15th century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 688-690.
