Cruas (French pronunciation: [kʁyas]; Occitan: Cruàs) is a commune near the river Rhône in the Ardèche department in southern France.

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Cruas
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Coordinates: 44°39′28″N 4°45′49″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Privas
Canton	Le Pouzin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rachel Cotta[1]
Area 1	15.45 km2 (5.97 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,009
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07076 /07350
Elevation	72–480 m (236–1,575 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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The village has a Romanesque abbey with a crypt.

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.^[4]
• Château des Moines and its old village, a ruined 12 century to 15th century castle, listed since 1912.^[5]

• Communes of the Ardèche department