Crocq
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{short description|Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Crocq
|commune status = Commune
|image = Crocq04.JPG
|caption = The Chapel of the Visitation, in Crocq
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Crocq (23).svg
|arrondissement = Aubusson
|canton = Auzances
|INSEE = 23069
|postal code = 23260
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
|coordinates = {{coord|45.8692|2.3681|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 640
|elevation max m = 829
|area km2 = 14.16
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Crocq ({{IPA|fr|kʁo}}; {{langx|oc|Cròc}}) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, some {{convert|13|mi|km}} southeast of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D996 roads.
The Chavanon (locally called la Ramade) has its source in the southeastern part of the commune, near the hamlet le Montel-Guillaume.
The river Tardes forms all of the commune's northeastern boundary.
Population
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1962|704
|1968|746
|1975|844
|1982|834
|1990|674
|1999|546
|2008|511
}}
Sights
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- The remaining towers of a twelfth-century castle.
- A thirteenth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
- The nineteenth-century church of St. Eloi.
- The twelfth-century chapel of Notre-Dame.
- A dolmen in the forest.
- Several 16th- and 17th-century houses
- A racing car museum at Mas du Clos.
- A display of machines and tools once used in the fur factory.
See also
References
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{{Commons category|Crocq}}
{{Creuse communes}}
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{{Creuse-geo-stub}}