Crespin is a commune in the

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department in northern

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. The town of Crespin was founded in 648 with the building of the

Crespin Abbey Crespin Abbey (french: Abbaye de Crespin) was a Benedictine monastery in the commune of Crespin in the department of Nord, France, founded around 648 by the reformed brigand Landelin of Crespin, also the first abbot, and dissolved in 1802. F ...

by Saint Landelin.History of Crespin
/ref> Its population was 4,532 in 2017.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017
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