Saint-Marceau, Sarthe

Saint-Marceau
Saint-Marceau
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Sarthe
Arrondissement Mamers
Canton Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
Intercommunality Pays Belmontais
Mayor Dominique Boulard
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 52–107 m (171–351 ft)
Land area1 8.91 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population2 453  (2006 [1])
 - Density 51 /km2 (130 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 72297/ 72170
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-Marceau is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in August 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 31 August, the airfield was designated as "A-43", it was used by several combat units until November 1944 when the units moved to Central France and the airfield was closed.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/departement.asp?dep=53#dep_B Populations légales 2006 publiées par l’INSEE le 1er janvier 2009
  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.