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Crozet
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Gex |
| Canton | Gex |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Gex |
| Mayor | Henri Piney (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 463–1,680 m (1,519–5,510 ft) (avg. 541 m/1,775 ft) |
| Land area1 | 27.47 km2 (10.61 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,766 (2008) |
| - Density | 64 /km2 (170 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01135/ 01170 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Crozet is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Crozet is nestled at the foot of the Jura mountains in eastern France several miles from the Swiss city of Geneva and a bit less than 100 miles (161 km) from the French city of Lyon. It is also near the Genève-Cointrin airport.
Its chief attraction is a cable car which carries hikers to the top of the Jura during the summer and serves a small ski resort during the winter. It has several sporting clubs: the St-Genis-Ferney-Crozet sporting association (soccer), a tennis club, and a ski club. Other places of interest include the remains of the château de Rossillon, a church (reconstructed around 1830), the Crozet forest, and the Monts-Jura ski station.
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Saint Peter Chanel, later to die as a missionary in the Pacific and be declared a martyr and eventually canonised, was parish priest of Crozet between 1827 and 1830, and Church histories credit him with having at a short time revitalized this then run down parish.
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 410 | 440 | 711 | 961 | 1164 | 1349 | 1766 |