Croze

Croze
Croze
	Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Croze
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	Coordinates: 45°49′11″N 2°09′42″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Felletin
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Grand Sud
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Ternat
Area 1	22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	196
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23071 /23500
Elevation	518–841 m (1,699–2,759 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Croze (French: [kʁɔz]) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

Croze is an area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, located at the confluence of the Creuse River with the Gioune, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D35 and the D982 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	207	—
1968	245	+18.4%
1975	196	−20.0%
1982	211	+7.7%
1990	202	−4.3%
1999	211	+4.5%
2008	185	−12.3%

Notable sites

A twelfth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
The fifteenth-century chapel of St. Antoine.
The nineteenth-century château de Mas-Laurent, which replaced an earlier building.

Personalities

Lucien Le Cam, mathematician, was born here.

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References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.