Crest (Drôme)

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Crest
Crest Coat of Arms
Crest (France)
Crest
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement The
Canton Crest ( chef-lieu )
Community association Crestois and Pays de Saillans
Coordinates 44 ° 44 '  N , 5 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 44 '  N , 5 ° 1'  E
height 166-463 m
surface 23.38 km 2
Residents 8,505 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 364 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26400
INSEE code 26108
Website www.mairie-crest.fr

Crest seen from the castle

Crest is a commune with 8505 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in France , in the Drôme department , in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . The name comes from a crête rocheuse (rocky ridge), a rocky ridge that emerges from afar and is visible from afar and at the foot of which the city lies today.

geography

Crest is located in the southwest of the Drôme department, on the Drôme river of the same name , which gives the department its name. The city is also located southwest of the Vercors Regional Natural Park , with which it is associated as an access point.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 6207 7140 7519 7518 7583 7739 7789 8380

Attractions

The city is dominated by the mighty tower castle standing on a steep rock face in the north , which is visible from afar when approaching from the south. The Crest Castle consists only of this tower, which at 52 meters is the tallest castle tower in France.

Huguenots were held captive in the castle for a long time . During visits you can still see wall scribbles from this time. This creates references to the Tour de Constance in Aigues-Mortes .

In 2001, a 93 meter long and 8 meter wide wooden bridge was completed that connects both banks of the Drôme. It is the longest wooden bridge in France.

One of the largest peony cultivars in the world is located in the La Plaine district , where you can see over 650 varieties of peony: the Pivoines Rivière nursery .

  • 52 m high tower castle

  • The city with the dominating tower castle

  • Wooden bridge

Town twinning

Crest is connected through town twinning with:

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Crest wooden bridge. In: Structurae
  2. ↑ Le pont en bois - Ville de Crest. mairie-crest.fr, accessed on July 14, 2015 (French).
  3. ^ Philipp Collignon: Le jardin , Micro-Applications, Paris 2007, p. 222. See also Jean-Luc Rivière: Pivoines. Choisir, planter et cultiver 500 variétés . Editions Larousse , Paris 2008.

Web links

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