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Créchy
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Créchy (French pronunciation: [kʁeʃi]; Occitan: Creschic) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
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Créchy | |
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![]() The railway station in the early 20th century | |
Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Allier |
Arrondissement | Vichy |
Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule |
Intercommunality | Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Catherine Jonet[1] |
Area 1 | 11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 430 |
• Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 03091 /03150 |
Elevation | 233–344 m (764–1,129 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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Between this village and nearby Billy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).[3]