Cricqueville-en-Bessin

Cricqueville-en-Bessin
La Pointe du Hoc
Cricqueville-en-Bessin
Location within Lower Normandy region  Cricqueville-en-Bessin
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Isigny-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Isigny Grandcamp
Mayor	Frédéric Pain (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–39 m (0–128 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
Land area1	8.55 km2 (3.30 sq mi)
Population2	186  (2008)
- Density	22 /km2 (57 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14204/ 14450
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.

Cricqueville-en-Bessin is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

The municipality takes its name from its deep-water creek that forms a natural harbor, from Crycavilla.

History

World War II

Just outside of Cricqueville, the United States Army Air Force established an airfield shortly after D-Day on 9 June 1944, just three days after the Allied landings in France. The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy. Known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-2" (Cricqueville), it was used from early June though September 1944. After the Americans moved east into Central France, the airfield was dismantled and the land returned to agricultural use.

Population

Historical population of Cricqueville-en-Bessin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	197	200	190	157	171	182	186

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department
• Pointe du Hoc, a point of attack by the United States Army during the Battle of Normandy

References

• INSEE