Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille

Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille

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
Intercommunality Condé
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Roger Beaudouin
Area1 12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 359
 • Density 29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 14653 / 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962396—    
1968350−11.6%
1975327−6.6%
1982385+17.7%
1990351−8.8%
1999347−1.1%
2008359+3.5%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (French)
  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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