Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
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Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille | |
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Part of Condé-en-Normandie | |
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Coordinates: 48°55′08″N 0°34′34″W / 48.9189°N 0.5762°WCoordinates: 48°55′08″N 0°34′34″W / 48.9189°N 0.5762°W | |
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[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 396 | — |
1968 | 350 | −11.6% |
1975 | 327 | −6.6% |
1982 | 385 | +17.7% |
1990 | 351 | −8.8% |
1999 | 347 | −1.1% |
2008 | 359 | +3.5% |
See also[]
- Communes of the Calvados department
References[]
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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