Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille

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Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
Part of Condé-en-Normandie
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Coordinates: 48°55′08″N 0°34′34″W / 48.9189°N 0.5762°W / 48.9189; -0.5762Coordinates: 48°55′08″N 0°34′34″W / 48.9189°N 0.5762°W / 48.9189; -0.5762
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Condé-sur-Noireau
Commune	Condé-en-Normandie
Area 1	12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	339
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14770
Elevation	117–252 m (384–827 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 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-la-Vieille (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ la vjɛj] (listen)) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Condé-en-Normandie.^[2]

History[]

World War II[]

After the liberation of the area by troops of the British 50th infantry division 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 14 August, the airfield was designated as "A-19", it was used by the 370th Fighter Group which flew P-38 Lightnings until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.^[3][4]

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Calvados department

References[]

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