Cruas

Cruas
Commune
Cruas Nuclear Power Plant
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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%
2023	2,898	−0.62%
Source: INSEE

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.
• Château des Moines and its old village, a ruined 12 century to 15th century castle, listed since 1912.

Château des Moines

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department

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)