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Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
Part of Condé-en-Normandie
Location of Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
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Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille is located in France
Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille is located in Normandy
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; -0.5762
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementVire
CantonCondé-en-Normandie
CommuneCondé-en-Normandie
Area
1
12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
329
 • Density26/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14770
Elevation117–252 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] ⓘ) 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]

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]

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.[4][5]

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. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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