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Crocq

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Haut Pays Marchois

Area
  
14.16 km²

Arrondissement
  
Aubusson, Creuse

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Crocq

Population (2008)
  
511

Local time
  
Saturday 8:14 PM

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Weather
  
1°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 89% Humidity

Crocq (Occitan: Cròc) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Contents

Map of 23260 Crocq, France

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D996 roads.

The Chavanon (locally called la Ramade) has its source in the southeastern part of the commune, near the hamlet le Montel-Guillaume.

The river Tardes forms all of the commune's northeastern boundary.

Sights

  • The remaining towers of a twelfth-century castle.
  • A thirteenth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
  • The nineteenth-century church of St. Eloi.
  • The twelfth-century chapel of Notre-Dame.
  • A dolmen in the forest.
  • Several 16th- and 17th-century houses
  • A racing car museum at Mas du Clos.
  • A display of machines and tools once used in the fur factory.

    • References

    Crocq Wikipedia
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