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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Cruas}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Cruas
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Centrale nucléaire de Cruas.jpg
|caption                = [[Cruas Nuclear Power Plant]]
|image coat of arms     = 
|arrondissement         = Privas
|canton                 = Le Pouzin
|INSEE                  = 07076
|postal code            = 07350
|mayor                  = Rachel Cotta<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = 
|coordinates            = {{coord|44.6578|4.7636|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            =
|elevation min m        = 72
|elevation max m        = 480
|area km2               = 15.45
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Cruas''' ({{IPA|fr|kʁyas}}; {{langx|oc|Cruàs}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] near the river [[Rhône]] in the [[Ardèche]] [[Departments of France|department]] in southern [[France]].

The village has a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[abbey]] with a [[crypt]].

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-07076#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1978
|1975 |1638
|1982 |2370
|1990 |2200
|1999 |2400
|2007 |2670
|2012 |2872
|2017 |3008
}}

== Sights and monuments ==
Cruas has two notable ''[[monument historique|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]].<ref name=MinCult1>{{Base Mérimée|PA00116701|Eglise}}</ref>
* '''Château des Moines and its old village''', a ruined 12 century to 15th century [[castle]], listed since 1912.<ref name=MinCult2>{{Base Mérimée|PA00116700|Château (ruines)}}</ref>

[[File:CRUAS château des moines.JPG|thumb|left|Château des Moines]]

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==See also==
* [[Communes of the Ardèche department]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cruas.com Official web site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014842/http://joan-of-arc-studies.org/index.php?Gazetteer-Cruas Gazetteer entry]
* {{Base Mérimée|PA00116701|Abbatiale Sainte-Marie}} 
* {{Base Mérimée|PA00116700|Château des Moines}}

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[[Category:Communes of Ardèche]]
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