Créchy

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Créchy
Créchy
Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E / 46.2622; 3.4242Coordinates: 46°15′44″N 3°25′27″E / 46.2622°N 3.4242°E / 46.2622; 3.4242
Country France
Region Auvergne
Department Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton Varennes-sur-Allier
Intercommunality Varennes Forterre
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Luce Billet
Area
  Land1 11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 473
  Population2 Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Créchy is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

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).[1]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 356    
1968 440+23.6%
1975 331−24.8%
1982 425+28.4%
1990 481+13.2%
1999 442−8.1%
2008 473+7.0%

See also

References

  1. Hugueney et al. (2003)
  • Hugueney, Marguerite; Berthet, Didier; Bodergat, Anne-Marie; Escuillié, François; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile & Wattinne, Aurélia (2003): La limite Oligocène-Miocène en Limagne: changements fauniques chez les mammifères, oiseaux et ostracodes des différents niveaux de Billy-Créchy (Allier, France) [The Oligocene-Miocene boundary in Limagne: faunal changes in the mammals, birds and ostracods from the different levels of Billy-Créchy (Allier, France)] [French with English abstract]. Geobios 36(6): 719–731. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.002 (HTML abstract)
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