Azeville

Azeville

Azeville bunker
Azeville

Coordinates: 49°27′33″N 1°18′48″W / 49.45920°N 1.3134°W / 49.45920; -1.3134Coordinates: 49°27′33″N 1°18′48″W / 49.45920°N 1.3134°W / 49.45920; -1.3134
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton Montebourg
Intercommunality Région de Montebourg
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Éric Desmares
Area1 3.00 km2 (1.16 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 77
  Density 26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 50026 / 50310
Elevation 6–34 m (20–112 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)

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.

Azeville is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in early June 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground to the south of the town. Declared operational on 24 June, the airfield was designated as "A-7", it was initially used by the 365th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until mid-August when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was used by the 363d Fighter Group with P-51 Mustangs until mid-September when it was closed.[1][2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793185    
1800164−11.4%
1806195+18.9%
1821213+9.2%
1831212−0.5%
1836257+21.2%
1841262+1.9%
1846265+1.1%
1851263−0.8%
1856202−23.2%
1861200−1.0%
1866233+16.5%
1872202−13.3%
1876190−5.9%
1881183−3.7%
1886185+1.1%
1891181−2.2%
1896164−9.4%
1901147−10.4%
1906136−7.5%
1911120−11.8%
192194−21.7%
1926110+17.0%
1931104−5.5%
1936115+10.6%
194691−20.9%
195495+4.4%
1962109+14.7%
1968102−6.4%
1975109+6.9%
198283−23.9%
199073−12.0%
199978+6.8%
200977−1.3%

See also

References

  1. Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  2. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

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