Creully
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.
The town square is named after Canadian Lieutenant Bill McCormick of the 1st Hussars Canadian Armoured Regiment (London, Ontario). 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.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Creully.
- ^ 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.
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