Creully
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Creully | |
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Location of Creully  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Creully |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Roger Levert |
Area 1 | 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 1,569 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14200 /14480 |
| Elevation | 7–61 m (23–200 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Creully is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy 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
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 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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- ^ 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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