Crocq

Crocq (French pronunciation: [kʁo]; Occitan: Cròc) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Crocq
Commune
The Chapel of the Visitation, in Crocq
Coat of arms
Location of Crocq
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Coordinates: 45°52′09″N 2°22′05″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Auzances
Intercommunality	CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Pierron[1]
Area 1	14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	389
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23069 /23260
Elevation	640–829 m (2,100–2,720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, some 21 kilometres (13 mi) 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	704	—
1968	746	+6.0%
1975	844	+13.1%
1982	834	−1.2%
1990	674	−19.2%
1999	546	−19.0%
2008	511	−6.4%

Sights

The castle

The oil-press

• 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.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department