Le Crest
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 Le Crest
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand |
| Canton | Canton of Veyre-Monton |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Les Cheires |
| Mayor | Jean-François Carriot (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 366–653 m (1,201–2,142 ft) (avg. 608 m or 1,995 ft) |
| Land area1 | 6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,128 (1999) |
| - Density | 165 /km2 (430 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63126/ 63450 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 45°24′41″N 3°04′27″E / 45.4114°N 3.0741°E
Le Crest is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Anton Docher, "The Padre of Isleta", was born in Le Crest in 1852.
[edit] In popular culture
The activities of the World War II resistance in Le Crest were the subject of the third series of the 1989 television drama Wish Me Luck.
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Le Crest dec. 2006
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Church Le Crest
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"La tour de l'horloge"
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the village by 1900
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Church by 1900
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Vue
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hays
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main square by 1900
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square
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square and fountain
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the old fountain
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