Cricqueville-en-Bessin
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Cricqueville-en-Bessin | |
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Coordinates: 49°22′38″N 1°00′01″W / 49.3771°N 1.0002°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Bayeux |
Canton | Trévières |
Intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–2026) | Pascale Vibet[1] |
Area 1 | 8.55 km2 (3.30 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 170 |
• Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 14204 /14450 |
Elevation | 0–39 m (0–128 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Cricqueville-en-Bessin (French pronunciation: [kʁikvil ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃] ⓘ, literally Cricqueville in Bessin) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
The municipality takes its name from its deep-water creek that forms a natural harbor, from Crycavilla.
History
World War II
Just outside Cricqueville, the United States Army Air Forces established an airfield shortly after D-Day on 9 June 1944, just three days after the Allied landings in France. The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy. Known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-2" (Cricqueville), it was used from early June though September 1944. After the Americans moved east into Central France, the airfield was dismantled and the land returned to agricultural use.[3][4]
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 197 | — |
1968 | 200 | +1.5% |
1975 | 190 | −5.0% |
1982 | 157 | −17.4% |
1990 | 171 | +8.9% |
1999 | 182 | +6.4% |
2008 | 186 | +2.2% |
See also
- Communes of the Calvados department
- Pointe du Hoc, a point of attack by the United States Army during the Battle of Normandy
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ AAF Airfields in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Air Force History Index
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