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Crest is a commune in France, situated within the Drôme department and the arrondissement of Die. It serves as the capital for the cantons of Crest-Nord, Crest-Sud, and Crest. The town is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and shares borders with Vaunaveys-la-Rochette, Aouste-sur-Sye, Cobonne, and Divajeu. Its official website is mairie-crest.fr, and it is twinned with Ponte San Nicolò.
The commune has an area of 23.38 square kilometers and an elevation of 463 meters above sea level. Its population is 8,756, comprising 3,943 males and 4,562 females. Hervé Mariton is the head of government. The postal code for Crest is 26400.
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Place details
- Locality
- Crest
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,517
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Drôme
- Arrondissement
- Die
- Canton
- Crest
- Intercommunality
- Crestois et Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme
- Mayor 2024 2026
- Stéphanie Karcher
- Area
- 23.38 km (9.03 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 8,658
- Density
- 370.3/km (959.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 26108 /26400
- Elevation
- 166–463 m (545–1,519 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Crest
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Die
- Population
- 8712
- Area
- 23.38
- Elevation
- 249
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Head of government
- Hervé Mariton
- Capital of
- canton of Crest
- Shares border with
- Eurre
- Official website
- www.mairie-crest.fr
- Image
- France Drome Crest 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Crest (Drôme)
- twinned administrative body
- Ponte San Nicolò
- postal code
- 26400
- topic's main category
- Category:Crest (Drôme)
- different from
- Le Crest
- associated electoral district
- canton of Crest
- male population
- 3943
- female population
- 4562
- P8168
- McCulloch County
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-75-76-61-10
- fax number
- +33-4-75-25-00-63
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Encyclopedic overview
Crest ( French pronunciation: [kʁɛ]) is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crest” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.