Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Calvados

Coordinates: 49°23′13″N 0°58′25″W / 49.387°N 0.9736°W / 49.387; -0.9736
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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
The chateau in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
The chateau in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
Location of Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont is located in France
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont is located in Normandy
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
Coordinates: 49°23′13″N 0°58′25″W / 49.387°N 0.9736°W / 49.387; -0.9736
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementBayeux
CantonTrévières
IntercommunalityCC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Suzanne Gueroult[1]
Area
1
4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
75
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14652 /14450
Elevation0–42 m (0–138 ft)
(avg. 36 m or 118 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dy mɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

History[edit]

World War II[edit]

During World War II, the area was heavily bombarded on several occasions during May and early June 1944 by Allied bombers, attacking German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall just north of the commune along the coast.

Saint-Pierre-du-Mont was liberated by American Ranger forces on 7 June 1944 after moving inland from Pointe du Hoc. The area north of the commune was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a combat airfield, known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-1" (Saint-Pierre-du-Mont). The airfield was used between early June and September 1944. It was abandoned after the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies.[3]

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 111—    
1975 84−3.90%
1982 78−1.05%
1990 84+0.93%
1999 85+0.13%
2009 76−1.11%
2014 77+0.26%
2020 77+0.00%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE