Creully
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Location within Lower Normandy region
Creully
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Creully |
| Mayor | Roger Levert (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 7–61 m (23–200 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| Land area1 | 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,569 (2008) |
| - Density | 183 /km2 (470 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14200/ 14480 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°W
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 June 6, 1944, after the tank his commanded passed through Creully, it reached the Caen-Bayeux road.[2]
[edit] Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 692 | 817 | 692 | 1003 | 1396 | 1426 | 1569 |
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- ^ Outhit, Jeff (08 June 2011). "Liberator then, hero still". Record (Kitchener, ON). http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/544500--liberator-then-hero-still. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ Belanger, Joe (01 June 2011). "Vet Wants to See Juno Beach Once More". http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/01/vet-wants-to-see-juno-beach-once-more. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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