Crozet, Ain
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Crozet | |
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Coordinates: 46°16′50″N 6°00′45″E / 46.2806°N 6.0125°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ain |
Arrondissement | Gex |
Canton | Thoiry |
Intercommunality | CA Pays de Gex |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Martine Jouannet[1] |
Area 1 | 27.47 km2 (10.61 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,288 |
• Density | 83/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 01135 /01170 |
Elevation | 463–1,680 m (1,519–5,512 ft) (avg. 541 m or 1,775 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Crozet (French pronunciation: [kʁozɛ]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Crozet is nestled at the foot of the
Its chief attraction is a cable car which carries hikers to the top of the Jura during the summer and serves a small ski resort during the winter. It has several sporting clubs: the St-Genis-Ferney-Crozet sporting association (soccer), a tennis club, and a ski club. Other places of interest include the remains of the château de Rossillon, a church (reconstructed around 1830), the Crozet forest, and the Monts-Jura ski area, which runs between Crozet and the town of Lélex in the adjacent valley.
Religious history
Saint Peter Chanel, later to die as a missionary in the Pacific and be declared a martyr and eventually canonised, was parish priest of Crozet between 1827 and 1830, and Church histories credit him with having at a short time revitalized this then run down parish.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 440 | — |
1975 | 711 | +7.10% |
1982 | 961 | +4.40% |
1990 | 1,164 | +2.42% |
1999 | 1,349 | +1.65% |
2007 | 1,720 | +3.08% |
2012 | 1,964 | +2.69% |
2017 | 2,138 | +1.71% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also
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
External links
- Lelex-Crozet
- Monts Jura resort
- Crozet's webpage (in French)
- Crozet's ski club (in French)