Cruas

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Cruas
Commune
Cruas Nuclear Power Plant
Location of Cruas
(2020–2026)		Rachel Cotta^[1]
Area ¹	15.45 km² (5.97 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,978	—
1975	1,638	−2.66%
1982	2,370	+5.42%
1990	2,200	−0.93%
1999	2,400	+0.97%
2007	2,670	+1.34%
2012	2,872	+1.47%
2017	3,008	+0.93%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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

References

^ "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)

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)