Creully
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  Creully | ||
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Location within Lower Normandy region  Creully | ||
| Coordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°WCoordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Canton | Creully | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Roger Levert | |
| Area1 | 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,569 | |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14200 / 14480 | |
| Elevation |
7–61 m (23–200 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Creully is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
The town square is named after Canadian Lieutenant Bill McCormick of the 1st Hussars Canadian Armoured Regiment (London, Ontario).[1] Lt. McCormick was the only Allied soldier to reach his D-Day objective when on 6 June 1944, after the tank he commanded passed through Creully, it reached the Caen-Bayeux road.[2]
Population
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| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 692 | — |
| 1968 | 817 | +18.1% |
| 1975 | 692 | −15.3% |
| 1982 | 1,003 | +44.9% |
| 1990 | 1,396 | +39.2% |
| 1999 | 1,426 | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,569 | +10.0% |
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Creully. |
- ↑ Outhit, Jeff (8 June 2011). "Liberator then, hero still". Record (Kitchener, ON). Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ↑ Belanger, Joe (1 June 2011). "Vet Wants to See Juno Beach Once More". Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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