Crest | |
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 The town seen from the tower | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Crest | |
  Crest  Crest | |
| Coordinates:44°43′45″N5°01′22″E / 44.7292°N 5.0228°E /44.7292; 5.0228 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Die |
| Canton | Crest |
| Intercommunality | Crestois et Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Stéphanie Karcher[1] |
Area 1 | 23.38 km2 (9.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 8,658 |
| • Density | 370.3/km2 (959.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26108 /26400 |
| Elevation | 166–463 m (545–1,519 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Crest (French pronunciation:[kʁɛ][3][4][5]) is acommune in theDrômedepartment in theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpesregion of SoutheasternFrance.
Its inhabitants are calledCrestois in French.
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TheTour de Crest is one of the highest medievalkeeps in France at 52 m. Its height dominates the town. The tower was part of acastle that 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 has 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.
Crest is served byCrest station, a railway station operated bySNCF, withTER connections toValence andBriançon on the Livron to Aspres-sur-Buëch line.
Crest is twinned with:
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