The Tour de Crest, one of the highest medieval keeps in France - 52 m. Its height dominates the town. The tower was part of a castle which guarded one of the entrances to the Pre-Alps in Drôme. The site offers a large panoramic view. There are various exhibitions in the castle plus information about the Tour's past including the fact that it has served as a prison in the past.
The Tour holds two spectacular carved wooden doors one of which is believed to depict the original castle.
Saint-Sauveur Church
Monument to the resistance to the coup d'état of 2 December 1851 in Provence.
There is an artisanal chocolate manufacturer in the town with a chocolate museum attached. The museum has a model of the tour in chocolate and various scenes in the history of chocolate also created in chocolate.
The town is still substantially medieval with steep narrow lanes leading up to the Tour.
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Crest is served by Gare de Crest, a railway station operated by SNCF, with TER connections to Valence and Briançon on the Livron to Aspres-sur-Buëch line.
crest, drôme, crest, french, pronunciation, kʁɛ, commune, drôme, department, auvergne, rhône, alpes, region, southeastern, france, 2017, population, crestcommunethe, town, seen, from, towercoat, armslocation, crestcrestshow, francecrestshow, auvergne, rhône, a. Crest French pronunciation kʁɛ 3 4 5 is a commune in the Drome department in the Auvergne Rhone Alpes region of Southeastern France In 2017 it had a population of 8 505 CrestCommuneThe town seen from the towerCoat of armsLocation of CrestCrestShow map of FranceCrestShow map of Auvergne Rhone AlpesCoordinates 44 43 45 N 5 01 22 E 44 7292 N 5 0228 E 44 7292 5 0228CountryFranceRegionAuvergne Rhone AlpesDepartmentDromeArrondissementDieCantonCrestIntercommunalityCrestois et Pays de Saillans Cœur de DromeGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Herve Mariton 1 LR Area123 38 km2 9 03 sq mi Population Jan 2020 2 8 707 Density370 km2 960 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code26108 26400Elevation166 463 m 545 1 519 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries Contents 1 Population 2 Sights 3 Transport 4 Twin towns 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPopulation editIts inhabitants are called Crestois Historical populationYearPop p a 17934 500 18004 500 0 00 18064 370 0 49 18214 335 0 05 18314 901 1 23 18364 983 0 33 18414 948 0 14 18465 079 0 52 18515 423 1 32 18565 110 1 18 18615 460 1 33 18665 351 0 40 18725 568 0 66 18765 600 0 14 18815 535 0 23 18865 669 0 48 18915 569 0 36 18965 582 0 05 YearPop p a 19015 579 0 01 19065 660 0 29 19115 536 0 44 19215 005 1 00 19265 250 0 96 19315 379 0 49 19365 513 0 49 19465 359 0 28 19545 773 0 93 19626 207 0 91 19687 140 2 36 19757 519 0 74 19827 518 0 00 19907 583 0 11 19997 739 0 23 20077 789 0 08 20128 095 0 77 20178 505 0 99 Source EHESS 6 and INSEE 1968 2017 7 Sights editThe Tour de Crest one of the highest medieval keeps in France 52 m Its height dominates the town The tower was part of a castle which guarded one of the entrances to the Pre Alps in Drome The site offers a large panoramic view There are various exhibitions in the castle plus information about the Tour s past including the fact that it has served as a prison in the past The Tour holds two spectacular carved wooden doors one of which is believed to depict the original castle nbsp nbsp Saint Sauveur ChurchMonument to the resistance to the coup d etat of 2 December 1851 in Provence There is an artisanal chocolate manufacturer in the town with a chocolate museum attached The museum has a model of the tour in chocolate and various scenes in the history of chocolate also created in chocolate The town is still substantially medieval with steep narrow lanes leading up to the Tour Transport editCrest is served by Gare de Crest a railway station operated by SNCF with TER connections to Valence and Briancon on the Livron to Aspres sur Buech line Twin towns editCrest is twinned with Cromer in Norfolk England Nidda Germany Ponte San Nicolo Italy Medvode SloveniaSee also editCommunes of the Drome department Parc naturel regional du VercorsReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires in French data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises 6 June 2023 Populations legales 2020 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 29 December 2022 Festival Crest Jazz vocal archived from the original on 21 December 2021 retrieved 16 July 2021 Municipales 2020 debat du second tour a Crest Drome archived from the original on 21 December 2021 retrieved 16 July 2021 Patrimoine Crest le plus haut donjon de France archived from the original on 21 December 2021 retrieved 16 July 2021 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d aujourd hui Commune data sheet Crest EHESS in French Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEE nbsp Drome River at Crest nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crest Drome nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Crest External links edit nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Crest nbsp This Drome geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crest Drome amp oldid 1183278449, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
