Brucheville

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Brucheville
The church of Saint-Hilaire
The church of Saint-Hilaire
Location of Brucheville
Brucheville is located in France
Brucheville
Brucheville
Coordinates: 49°22′25″N 1°12′18″W / 49.3736°N 1.20500°W / 49.3736; -1.20500Coordinates: 49°22′25″N 1°12′18″W / 49.3736°N 1.20500°W / 49.3736; -1.20500
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementSaint-Lô
CantonCarentan
CommuneCarentan-les-Marais
Area
1
13.33 km2 (5.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
141
 • Density11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
50480
Elevation0–21 m (0–69 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brucheville is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais.[2] It is located at the south east corner of the Cherbourg peninsula, about 90 km east of Caen.

World War II[]

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 2 August, the airfield was designated as "A-16", it was used by the 36th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until late August when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[3][4]

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793372—    
1800374+0.5%
1806468+25.1%
1821456−2.6%
1831334−26.8%
1836342+2.4%
1841339−0.9%
1846345+1.8%
1851338−2.0%
1856303−10.4%
1861294−3.0%
1866301+2.4%
1872274−9.0%
1876309+12.8%
1881292−5.5%
1886300+2.7%
1891296−1.3%
1896278−6.1%
1901261−6.1%
1906255−2.3%
1911237−7.1%
1921255+7.6%
1926263+3.1%
1931228−13.3%
1936245+7.5%
1946237−3.3%
1954223−5.9%
1962204−8.5%
1968207+1.5%
1975181−12.6%
1982174−3.9%
1990140−19.5%
1999147+5.0%
2007149+1.4%
2009145−2.7%

See also[]

  • Communes of the Manche department

References[]

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 6 December 2018 (in French)
  3. ^ Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  4. ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.



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