Croze Explained

Croze
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Croze 86.svg
Arrondissement:	Aubusson
Canton:	Felletin
Insee:	23071
Postal Code:	23500
Mayor:	Didier Ternat^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Creuse Grand Sud
Coordinates:	45.8197°N 2.1617°W
Elevation Min M:	518
Elevation Max M:	841
Area Km2:	22.16

Croze (in French kʁɔz/) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

Croze is an area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, located at the confluence of the Creuse with the Gioune, some 10miles south of Aubusson at the junction of the D35 and the D982 roads.

Population

Notable sites

• A twelfth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume.
• The fifteenth-century chapel of St. Antoine.
• The nineteenth-century château de Mas-Laurent, which replaced an earlier building.

Personalities

• Lucien Le Cam, mathematician, was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.