Creully
Creully | ||
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![]() ![]() Creully Location within Normandy region ![]() ![]() Creully | ||
Coordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°WCoordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°W | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Normandy | |
Department | Calvados | |
Arrondissement | Caen | |
Canton | Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse | |
Area1 | 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) | |
Population (2008)2 | 1,569 | |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 14200 /14480 | |
Elevation |
7–61 m (23–200 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Creully is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Creully sur Seulles.[1]
The town square is named after Canadian Lieutenant Bill McCormick of the 1st Hussars Canadian Armoured Regiment (London, Ontario).[2] Lt. McCormick was the only Allied soldier to reach his D-Day objective when on 6 June 1944, after the tank he commanded passed through Creully, it reached the Caen-Bayeux road.[3]
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 692 | — |
1968 | 817 | +18.1% |
1975 | 692 | −15.3% |
1982 | 1,003 | +44.9% |
1990 | 1,396 | +39.2% |
1999 | 1,426 | +2.1% |
2008 | 1,569 | +10.0% |
See also
References
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- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016 (in French)
- ↑ Outhit, Jeff (8 June 2011). "Liberator then, hero still". Record (Kitchener, ON). Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ↑ Belanger, Joe (1 June 2011). "Vet Wants to See Juno Beach Once More". Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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