Crouy (Aisne)

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Crouy
Crouy coat of arms
Crouy (France)
Crouy
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Soissons-1
Community association Soissonnais
Coordinates 49 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E
height 40-165 m
surface 10.38 km 2
Residents 2,905 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 280 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02880
INSEE code
Website ville-crouy.fr

Crouy Town Hall

Crouy is a northern commune with 2,905 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Soissons and the canton of Soissons-1 (until 2015: canton of Soissons-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Crouyssien (ne) s .

geography

Crouy is a banlieue in the north of Soissons . Crouy is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Clamecy and Braye in the north, Vuillery and Margival in the northeast, Vregny in the east, Bucy-le-Long in the east and southeast, Villeneuve-Saint-Germain in the south, Soissons in the south and southwest, Cuffies in the west as well Leury to the northwest.

The National Route 2 runs through the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
2,781 3,031 3,058 2,960 2,819 2,619 2,621 2,708

Attractions

  • Neo-Romanesque church of Saint-Maurice, rebuilt after the First World War
  • Remnants of the Perrière estate, a historic monument since 1928
  • French military cemetery
Saint-Maurice Church

Web links

Commons : Crouy  - collection of images, videos and audio files