Créchy

Créchy is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Créchy
The railway station in the early 20th century
Coat of arms
Location of Créchy
Créchy
Créchy
Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementVichy
CantonSaint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
IntercommunalityVarennes Forterre
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Catherine Jonet[1]
Area
1
11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
455
  Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
03091 /03150
Elevation233–344 m (764–1,129 ft)
(avg. 232 m or 761 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Between this village and nearby Billy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962356    
1968440+23.6%
1975331−24.8%
1982425+28.4%
1990481+13.2%
1999442−8.1%
2008473+7.0%
2012486+2.7%

See also

References

  1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Hugueney et al. (2003)
  • Hugueney, Marguerite; Berthet, Didier; Bodergat, Anne-Marie; Escuillié, François; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile & Wattinne, Aurélia (2003): La limite Oligocène-Miocène en Limagne: changements fauniques chez les mammifères, oiseaux et ostracodes des différents niveaux de Billy-Créchy (Allier, France) [The Oligocene-Miocene boundary in Limagne: faunal changes in the mammals, birds and ostracods from the different levels of Billy-Créchy (Allier, France)] [French with English abstract]. Geobios 36(6): 719–731. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.002 (HTML abstract)


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