Crocq (; oc, Cròc) is a commune in the

Creuse Creuse (; oc, Cruesa or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the ea ...

department in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...

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in central

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Geography

An area of lakes, streams and

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comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, some southeast of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D996 roads. The Chavanon (locally called ''la Ramade'') has its source in the southeastern part of the commune, near the hamlet ''le Montel-Guillaume''. The river

Tardes Tardes (; oc, Tardas) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming area comprising several small villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the river Tardes, some north ...

forms all of the commune's northeastern boundary.

Population

Sights

*The remaining towers of a twelfth-century

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

. * A thirteenth-century church of St. John at Montel-Guillaume. * The nineteenth-century church of St. Eloi. * The twelfth-century

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common typ ...

of Notre-Dame. * A

dolmen A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were so ...

in the forest. * Several 16th- and 17th-century houses * A racing car

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at Mas du Clos. * A display of machines and tools once used in the

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factory.

Geography

Population

Sights

See also