Deux-Jumeaux

Deux-Jumeaux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Deux-Jumeaux
Commune
The abbey of Deux-Jumeaux
Location of Deux-Jumeaux
Deux-Jumeaux
Deux-Jumeaux
Coordinates: 49°20′55″N 0°57′45″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementBayeux
CantonTrévières
IntercommunalityCC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Planchon
Area
1
4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
55
 • Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14224 /14230
Elevation8–47 m (26–154 ft)
(avg. 48 m or 157 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in early June 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground to the northeast of the town. Declared operational on 30 June, the airfield was designated as "A-4", it was used by the 48th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until the end of August when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[2][3]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962152—    
1968138−9.2%
1975102−26.1%
1982101−1.0%
199078−22.8%
199969−11.5%
200877+11.6%

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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