Creuzier-le-Vieux

Creuzier-le-Vieux (French pronunciation: [kʁøzje lə vjø]) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (December 2008) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

View a machine-translated version of the French article.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Creuzier-le-Vieux]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Creuzier-le-Vieux}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Quick facts Country, Region ...

Creuzier-le-Vieux
Commune
Church of Creuzier-le-Vieux in 2014
Coat of arms
Location of Creuzier-le-Vieux
Creuzier-le-Vieux Show map of France Creuzier-le-Vieux Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°09′38″N 3°26′06″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Cusset
Intercommunality	CA Vichy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Corre^[1]
Area ¹	11.38 km² (4.39 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	3,246
• Density	290/km² (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03094 /03300
Elevation	243–404 m (797–1,325 ft) (avg. 390 m or 1,280 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Location

Creuzier-le-Vieux is located near Montagne Verte (Green Mountain), north of the two main cities of the agglomeration that are Vichy and Cusset.

Transport

Road transport

The city is accessible through several departmental roads:

D 6^E, serving La Pergola polyclinic;
D 27 (from Cusset to Saulzet via Beausoleil and Pont Boutiron hamlets);
D 174 serving Rhue and Laudemarière hamlets and Vichy-Rhue industrial area;
D 258 (from Vichy to Saint-Germain-des-Fossés via town centre and Laudemarière hamlet);
D 558 (from Les Arloings hamlet to Seuillet);
D 658.

Rail transport

The Saint-Germain-des-Fossés–Darsac railway passes to the west of the town.

The nearest railway stations are in Saint-Germain-des-Fossés and Vichy.

Urban transport

Creuzier-le-Vieux is served by two of the eight lines of the network public transport MobiVie. Line A serves collège Jules-Ferry and hospital; line D serves the borough.^[3]

Entrance from Beausoleil
D 6E road in Pont Boutiron neighborhood toward Vichy
Saint-Germain-des-Fossés–Darsac railway: Level crossing #7

Remove ads

History

Polls conducted in 2002 in Les Petits Guinards, bordering the Allier, confirmed older findings and show occupation dating back to the Magdalenian. The remains found in particular testify hunts reindeer and horse, between March and July.^[4]

The Lordship of Creuzier-le-Vieux belonged in the 16th century to the family of Montmorillon; it goes to the Bourbon-Busset by the marriage, on 21 June 1588, by Louise Montmorillon and César de Bourbon, count of Busset. The family of Bourbon-Busset remained owner Creuzier-le-Vieux until the mid-19th century.

Since the 11th century to the years 1950-1960, the hills around Vichy (including those of Creuzier-le-Vieux) were covered with vines ("old Vichy vineyard").

Remove ads

Population

More information Year, Pop. ...

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,535	—
1975	1,828	+2.53%
1982	2,153	+2.37%
1990	2,751	+3.11%
1999	2,960	+0.82%
2007	3,195	+0.96%
2012	3,315	+0.74%
2017	3,304	−0.07%
Source: INSEE^[6]

Culture & Heritage

Saint-Martin Church, surrounded by the cemetery, away from the town (heavily reworked in the 20th century on a 12th-century base). Merovingian cemetery was excavated in 1986 in the crypt of the church.
Stronghold of the 15th century, adjoins the church (castle Lauzet). It succeeded an older castle, some vestiges remain. At this place was the seat of the lordship of Creuzier-le-Vieux.
War Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 on the site of the church. A child sitting on a barrel shows a helmeted head. Branches of vine and grapes recall the local culture, but also symbolize the blood of sacrifice.
Stronghold of Laudemarière heavily remodeled in the nineteenth century. The central building is flanked on one side of a house and the other a round tower with a conical roof.
Stronghold of La Viala.
La Seigne castle (18th century)
Boutiron bridge (on departmental road 27, between Charmeil and Creuzier-le-Vieux, Monument historique since 2021^[7])
Laundry (19th century).

Remove ads

Creuzier-le-Vieux