Crucey Villages
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir | |
| Arrondissement | Dreux | |
| Canton | Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets | |
| Community association | Agglo du Pays de Dreux | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 5 ′ E | |
| height | 154-195 m | |
| surface | 43.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 468 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 28270 | |
| INSEE code | 28120 | |
 Saint-Aignan church in Crucey |
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Crucey-Villages is a French municipality with 468 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Dreux and the canton Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets (until 2015: Canton Brezolles ).
geography
Crucey-Villages is located about 22 kilometers west-southwest of Dreux on the Gervaine river . Crucey-Villages is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brezolles and Saint-Lubin-de-Cravant in the north, Prudemanche in the north and northeast, Laons in the east and northeast, Saint-Ange-et-Torçay in the east and southeast, Maillebois in the south and southeast, Louvilliers-lès-Perche in the south, La Saucelle in the south-west and Les Châtelets in the west and south-west.
The former route nationale 839 (today's D939) runs through the municipality . In the south of the community is the former Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base of the US Air Force, which is now used as the Nostradamus radar station .
history
By law of 7 December 1972, the communes of Crucey , Mainterne and Vitray-sous-Brézolles were merged.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 378 | 301 | 410 | 377 | 440 | 460 | 505 | 467 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Church of Saint-Aignan in Crucey from the 17th century, features partly monument historique
- Saint-Laurent Church in Mainterne
- Saint-Sulpice church in Vitray-sous-Brézolles
- La Choltière Castle
