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Le Crest
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- Locality
- Le Crest
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,178
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Arrondissement
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Canton
- Les Martres-de-Veyre
- Intercommunality
- Mond'Arverne Communauté
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Gérard Perrodin
- Area
- 6.84 km (2.64 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,300
- Density
- 190/km (490/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Crestois, Crestoise
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 63126 /63450
- Elevation
- 366–653 m (1,201–2,142 ft) , (avg. 608 m or 1,995 ft)
- Website
- www.lecrest.fr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Le Crest
- Population
- 1300
- Area
- 6.84
- Elevation
- 468
- Official website
- www.lecrest.fr
- Image
- Le Crest 200610 026.jpg
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- Commons category
- Le Crest
- postal code
- 63450
- male population
- 624
- female population
- 643
- P8168
- dental consonant
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-73-39-38-63
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Le Crest ( French pronunciation: [lə kʁɛ]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is part of the urban area of Clermont-Ferrand.
Originally, it was a market village in a rural area known for viticulture and other agricultural crops. As in areas of Italy, the ancient village developed around a fortress chateau built on a hilltop for defensive purposes. Dwellings of commoners were built outside the walls of the chateau. The village has a central square with a fountain and a market cross. Agricultural fields extend away from the limits of the village, so the people lived near each other in the village and would travel outside to the fields and vineyards to work.