Cruas

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Cruas
Commune
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Coordinates: 44°39′28″N 4°45′49″E / 44.6578°N 4.7636°E / 44.6578; 4.7636Coordinates: 44°39′28″N 4°45′49″E / 44.6578°N 4.7636°E / 44.6578; 4.7636
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Privas
Canton	Le Pouzin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rachel Cotta[1]
Area 1	15.45 km2 (5.97 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	3,014
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07076 /07350
Elevation	72–480 m (236–1,575 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cruas (French pronunciation: ​[kʁyas]; Occitan: 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[]

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.^[3]
• Château des Moines and its old village, a ruined 12 century to 15th century castle, listed since 1912.^[4]

Château des Moines

See also[]

• Communes of the Ardèche department

References[]

External links[]

• Official web site
• Gazetteer entry
• Base Mérimée: Abbatiale Sainte-Marie, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Château des Moines, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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