Cruas

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Cruas

|commune status = Commune

|image = Centrale nucléaire de Cruas.jpg

|caption = Cruas Nuclear Power Plant

|image coat of arms =

|arrondissement = Privas

|canton = Le Pouzin

|INSEE = 07076

|postal code = 07350

|mayor = Rachel Cotta{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|44.6578|4.7636|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m =

|elevation min m = 72

|elevation max m = 480

|area km2 = 15.45

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Cruas ({{IPA|fr|kʁyas}}; {{langx|oc|Cruàs}}) is a commune near the river Rhône in the Ardèche department in southern France.

The village has a Romanesque abbey with a crypt.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-07076#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1978

|1975 |1638

|1982 |2370

|1990 |2200

|1999 |2400

|2007 |2670

|2012 |2872

|2017 |3008

}}

Sights and monuments

Cruas has two notable monuments historiques

  • Abbatiale Sainte-Marie: church dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.{{Base Mérimée|PA00116701|Eglise}}
  • Château des Moines and its old village, a ruined 12 century to 15th century castle, listed since 1912.{{Base Mérimée|PA00116700|Château (ruines)}}

File:CRUAS château des moines.JPG

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See also

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