Le Crest

Le Crest
Le Crest

Coordinates: 45°41′07″N 3°07′39″E / 45.685346°N 3.127384°E / 45.685346; 3.127384Coordinates: 45°41′07″N 3°07′39″E / 45.685346°N 3.127384°E / 45.685346; 3.127384
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand
Canton Canton of Veyre-Monton
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Les Cheires
Government
 â€¢ Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-François Carriot
Area1 6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,128
 â€¢ Density 160/km2 (430/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 63126 / 63450
Elevation 366–653 m (1,201–2,142 ft)
(avg. 608 m or 1,995 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.

Le Crest is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a market village of a rural region is known for wine growing 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.

Anton Docher, a missionary Catholic priest who served for 34 years at Pueblo of Isleta in New Mexico, United States of America, was born in Le Crest in 1852. He was later known as "The Padre of Isleta."

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  1. ↑ Samuel Gance. Anton ou la trajectoire d'un père. L'Harmattan, 2013, p.1-52 et p.101-110.
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