Spread out at the feet of steep slopes, Saint-Crépin looks over a broad plain where some strange, silent white birds can be seen flying away from its airfield.
Go up in the air and fly over the surrounding mountain peaks.
Local attractions
The airfield at Saint-Crépin is world-renowned, and hundreds of gliders take off to fly gently over the mountains of Pelvoux, Les Ecrins and the Queyras.
Exceptional weather and aerology provide lovers of silent flying perfect conditions all year round.
The forest of Juniperus thurifera, the only one of its kind at this latitude in Europe.
The Barrachin quarry of pink marble, bearing witness to geological history.
The late-Romanesque church, consecrated in 1452.
Local events
Foire de la St Marc. Camping
Historical information
In the Middle Ages, the Archbishop of Embrun was the Lord of Saint-Crépin following a gift from Dauphin André in 1210. Lower lords held parts of the territory as fiefdoms; these were notably the Rostaing, Richière, des Bardonnèche, de Rame, Cayre, de Morges, Giraud, and Rascassié families.
Saint-Crépin, Eygliers and Mont-Dauphin were, at the time, a single town called the “Mandate of Saint-Crépin”. Eygliers separated from this in 1753 and joined with Mont-Dauphin.
In 1494, king Charles VIII dined at Saint-Crépin. The village was then considered to be a “royal stopover village”, and Louis XII, Louis XIII, Richelieu, Catinat, Vauban, Berwick and others would visit.
In 1799, Pope Pius VI, “transported” in France, spent the night.
In 1488, the leaders of the inquisition against the Vaudois came to the village: the priest of Saint-Crépin replaced the great inquisitor Alberto de Cattané for a short time. Lesdiguières took the village on February 9, 1581, and it stayed under Protestant domination for 20 years.
In 1692, the Duc de Savoie invaded the region and settled there with his staff.
The Embrun-Briançon post house was no longer needed after the railroad arrived in 1884.
Local attractions 
r a short time. Lesdiguières took the village on February 9, 1581, and it stayed under Protestant domination for 20 years.