Cruas

Cruas
Cruas
Commune
	Cruas Nuclear Power Plant
	Location of Cruas
	Cruas Cruas
	Coordinates: 44°39′28″N 4°45′49″E / 44.6578°N 4.7636°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Privas
Canton	Le Pouzin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rachel Cotta
Area 1	15.45 km2 (5.97 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,009
• Density	190/km2 (500/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

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.^[4]
Château des Moines and its old village, a ruined 12 century to 15th century castle, listed since 1912.^[5]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Base Mérimée: Eglise, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ Base Mérimée: Château (ruines), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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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