Crest, Drôme

Crest is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 8,505.

Crest
Commune
The town seen from the tower
Coat of arms
Location of Crest
Crest
Crest
Coordinates: 44°43′45″N 5°01′22″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementDie
CantonCrest
IntercommunalityVal de Drôme
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Hervé Mariton (LR)
Area
1
23.38 km2 (9.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
8,505
 • Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26108 /26400
Elevation166–463 m (545–1,519 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
17934,500—    
18004,500+0.0%
18064,370−2.9%
18214,335−0.8%
18314,901+13.1%
18364,983+1.7%
18414,948−0.7%
18465,079+2.6%
18515,423+6.8%
18565,110−5.8%
18615,460+6.8%
18665,351−2.0%
18725,568+4.1%
18765,600+0.6%
18815,535−1.2%
18865,669+2.4%
18915,569−1.8%
YearPop.±%
18965,582+0.2%
19015,579−0.1%
19065,660+1.5%
19115,536−2.2%
19215,005−9.6%
19265,250+4.9%
19315,379+2.5%
19365,513+2.5%
19465,359−2.8%
19545,773+7.7%
19626,207+7.5%
19687,140+15.0%
19757,519+5.3%
19827,518−0.0%
19907,583+0.9%
19997,739+2.1%
20087,793+0.7%

Its inhabitants are called Crestois.

Sights
  • The Tour de Crest, one of the highest medieval keeps in France - 52 m. Its height dominates the town. The tower was part of a castle which guarded one of the entrances to the Pre-Alps in Drôme. The site offers a large panoramic view.

There are various exhibitions in the castle plus information about the Tour's past including the fact that it has served as a prison in the past.

The Tour holds two spectacular carved wooden doors one of which is believed to depict the original castle.

  • Saint-Sauveur Church
  • Monument to the resistance to the coup d'état of 2 December 1851 in Provence.

There is an artisanal chocolate manufacturer in the town with a chocolate museum attached. The museum has a model of the tour in chocolate and various scenes in the history of chocolate also created in chocolate.

The town is still substantially medieval with steep narrow lanes leading up to the Tour.

Twin towns

Crest is twinned with:

- Cromer in Norfolk, England,

- Nidda in Germany and

- Ponte San Nicolò in Italy.

A twinning agreement has also been signed with the Slovenian town of Medvode.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
Drôme River at Crest


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