Deux-Jumeaux

Deux-Jumeaux
Deux-Jumeaux
Administration
Country France
Region Lower Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Isigny-sur-Mer
Intercommunality Isigny Grandcamp Intercom
Mayor Jacques Planchon
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 8–47 m (26–154 ft)
(avg. 48 m/157 ft)
Land area1 4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population2 77  (2008)
 - Density 19 /km2 (49 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14224/ 14230
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.

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

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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.[1][2]

Population

Historical population of Deux-Jumeaux
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Population 152 138 102 101 78 69 77

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.