Creully | |
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Part of Creully sur Seulles | |
Coordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Caen |
Canton | Thue et Mue |
Commune | Creully sur Seulles |
Area 1 | 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | 1,586 |
• Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 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 (French pronunciation: [kʁøli] ) 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.[2]
The town square is named after Canadian Lieutenant Bill McCormick of the 1st Hussars Canadian Armoured Regiment (London, Ontario).[3] 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.[4]
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
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ Outhit, Jeff (8 June 2011). "Liberator then, hero still". Record (Kitchener, ON). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Belanger, Joe (8 June 2011). "Vet Wants to See Juno Beach Once More". Retrieved 17 January 2021.