Population (2013) 1,326 | Canton Les Martres-de-Veyre Area 6.84 km² | |
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Intercommunality Communauté de communes Les Cheires | ||
Le Crest is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is a market village of a rural region is known for wine growing and other agricultural crops. As in areas of Italy, the ancient village developed around a fortress chateau built on a hilltop for defensive purposes. Dwellings of commoners were built outside the walls of the chateau. The village has a central square with a fountain and a market cross. Agricultural fields extend away from the limits of the village, so the people lived near each other in the village and would travel outside to the fields and vineyards to work.
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Map of 63450 Le Crest, France
Anton Docher, a missionary Catholic priest who served for 34 years at Pueblo of Isleta in New Mexico, United States of America, was born in Le Crest in 1852. He was later known as "The Padre of Isleta."