Creully
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Location of Creully  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse |
| 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 former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Creully sur Seulles.[1]
The town square is named after Canadian Lieutenant Bill McCormick of the 1st Hussars Canadian Armoured Regiment (London, Ontario).[2] 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.[3]
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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- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016 Template:Fr
- ^ 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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