Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Calvados

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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°23′13″N 0°58′25″W / 49.387°N 0.9736°W / 49.387; -0.9736Coordinates: 49°23′13″N 0°58′25″W / 49.387°N 0.9736°W / 49.387; -0.9736
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Trévières
Intercommunality	CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marcel Houyvet[1]
Area 1	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	79
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14652 /14450
Elevation	0–42 m (0–138 ft) (avg. 36 m or 118 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-du-Mont is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

History[]

World War II[]

During World War II, the area was heavily bombarded on several occasions during May and early June 1944 by Allied bombers, attacking German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall just north of the commune along the coast.

Saint-Pierre-du-Mont was liberated by American Ranger forces on 7 June 1944 after moving inland from Pointe du Hoc. The area north of the commune was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a combat airfield, known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-1" (Saint-Pierre-du-Mont). The airfield was used between early June and September 1944. It was abandoned after the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies.^[3]

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Calvados department

References[]

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