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Country
  
France

Department
  
Drôme

Intercommunality
  
Val de Drôme

Mayor
  
Hervé Mariton

Region
  
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Arrondissement
  
Die

Area
  
23.38 km²

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Canton
  
Crest-Nord and Crest-Sud

Crest is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Contents

Map of 26400 Crest, France

Population

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.

    References

    Crest, Drôme Wikipedia
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