Créchy (French pronunciation: [kʁeʃi]; Occitan: Creschic) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Créchy
The railway station in the early 20th century
The railway station in the early 20th century
Coat of arms of Créchy
Location of Créchy
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Créchy is located in France
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Créchy is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E / 46.2622; 3.4242
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementVichy
CantonSaint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
IntercommunalityEntr'Allier Besbre et Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Catherine Jonet[1]
Area
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11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
430
 • Density37/km2 (96/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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 440—    
1975 331−3.98%
1982 425+3.64%
1990 481+1.56%
1999 442−0.94%
2009 480+0.83%
2014 472−0.34%
2020 436−1.31%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Hugueney et al. (2003)
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  • 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)