Crest
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The town seen from the tower
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Location of Crest  | |
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| Coordinates: 44°43′45″N 5°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 (2020–2026) | Hervé Mariton[1] (LR) |
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| 23.38 km2 (9.03 sq mi) |
| Population
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| 8,756 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
26108 /26400
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| 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 a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France.
Its inhabitants are called Crestois in French.
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The Tour de Crest, one of the highest medieval keeps in France - 52 m. Its height dominates the town. The tower was part of a castle which 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 holds 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 by Gare de Crest, a railway station operated by SNCF, with TER connections to Valence and Briançon on the Livron to Aspres-sur-Buëch line.
Crest is twinned with:
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