Crocq

History:

For Ernest Gligny, the etymology of Crocq take c (a) r cuc meaning height, stony summit. The city is actually built on a rocky outcrop overlooking a hundred meters of the valley Tardes. All around the multiple runoff dug a series of valleys which are so many natural defenses of the city. According to Father Leclerc, Crocq come from cross (nut in Auvergne), found in Crouville, name of the northern part of the hill.
Tradition Crocq that comes from the name of a chief named Crocus Alaman, Chrocus or Krokus. His name was given by the Alemanni to their camp, and the spelling has changed over time to become current Crocq. All historians now agree that this is certainly false.
Ambroise Tardieu in his Illustrated History of Auzances Crocq and in the second half of the 19th century, presented as a legend, not to reject completely, "though it seems a fable." There is divergence also with what was written Lacepède: "Captain would have left a detachment of his soldiers on the mound, then desert", but Tardieu implies that it was during his first spell.
Human occupation of the region dates back to Neolithic times, as evidenced by the presence of the dolmen Urbe (located on the common boundary of Basville).
The Roman road called "Caesar's Way" which runs from Crocq in Auvergne, and the ruins of an aqueduct show a Gallo-Roman occupation.
However, this is the Middle Ages that Crocq becomes important strategically. It becomes part of the country freehold, whose capital is Bellegarde. The "freehold", as its name indicates, is not part of any province.
As we know, William VI, Count of Auvergne, lord of Crocq, went to the crusade in 1102, returned in 1121 and died about 1136. Anne of Sicily he had a son, Robert III, Count of Auvergne, lord of Crocq from 1136 to 1145, which, in 1140, erected the castle of Herment and his church in 1145 and died in Palestine in 1145. His son William was the seventh with him and his uncle took the opportunity to take statements. By a treaty Guillaume VII took the western part of the former county. He took up arms of Dolphins Viennese, in memory of Guigues, Dauphin of Vienne, his great-grandfather, and in 1196 he supported Richard the Lionheart against Philip Augustus. He built the castle of Crocq, and is known for protecting the troubadours. Crocq was a fortified: the fortifications were built in the 12th century during the construction of the castle. It was part of a set of fortified sites that controlled the road Limoges Clermont.
In 1209, King Philip Augustus took away Crocq who visited him in 1229. This is the 13th century that Crocq obtained a charter franchise.
The Black Prince took him in 1536 after a siege of 18 months and destroying Crouville. New fortifications are permitted by 7th Charles in 1423. Jacques died in 1420 of Peschin, but Dauphine Montlaur handles Crocq, founded a vicarship in 1428, a collegiate chapter in 1444 and donated the triptych of St. Eloi.
The castle was razed by Richelieu in 1630 while the fortifications have fallen in ruins from the 15th century and 17th century they had been destroyed in the 14th century by the English after a siege of 18 months.
In 1834, the old cemetery Crocq who was around the chapel was moved to a place called the Rochat, behind the old citadel.
In 1793 the town was created chief-town in the district in 1801 Felletin and password in the district of Aubusson.
In 1836 Crocq absorbs Montel William.

Personalities linked to the municipality:

Joseph Cornudet of Chaumettes (1755-1834), Member of the Creuse (1791-1792 and 1797-1799), senator (1799-1814) and peer of France (1814-1815 and 1819-1834).
Etienne-Emile Cornudet of Chaumettes (1795-1870), Member of the Creuse (1831-1846) and peer of France (1846-1848).
Emile Cornudet of Chaumettes (1855-1921), mayor and councilor of Crocq, Member of the Creuse (1882-1902).
Leon Auguste Chambonnet is a French politician born May 6, 1888 at Auzances, died May 15, 1974 in Aubusson. It installs as a veterinarian in Aubusson after the First World War. Until the fifties, he held various positions in the agricultural world. He taught at the School of Agriculture and that of Crocq Ahun for several years. MP (1936-1938) and radical socialist Senator (1938-1942) of the Creuse.

Tours: remains of a twelfth-century fortress. 360 °.
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Visitation: It was built in the late twelfth century and restored in the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. Its bell tower with triangular pediment is topped with a lantern of the dead. A remarkable wooden triptych of the sixteenth century, depicting the life of Saint Eloi, patron saint of goldsmiths is installed indoors.
The dolmen of Urbe: It dates from about 4000 years, that is to say, the last period of the civilization of megaliths. His long table of three meters wide by two meters forty-thick almost a meter is granulite. Its weight is estimated to twelve tons. It rests on five supports with a height of a thirty meter. It is on a height known as "Peter Levade" Urbe near the wood through which a Roman road. Excavations fast in the nineteenth century, would have delivered a few bones and funerary material in very small quantities. Tradition says formerly the girls climbed on the table and jumped ashore to be certain to find a husband in the year. The full moon, elves were round about these stones.
The Cornudet Castle: Castle built by Cornudet family in the second half of the nineteenth century. Private property not open to the public.
Hiking circuits: Pond Path Urbe De Dolmen Donjon From rocks and valleys, Dolmen Urbe.

Information points	Tourist Office of Crocq
Monuments	Castle Cornudet Castle of Crocq

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