Proussy
Proussy (French pronunciation: [pʁusi] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Condé-en-Normandie.
In August 1944 as World War II was being fought, Proussy served as the location of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's tactical headquarters.
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 376 | — |
| 1968 | 384 | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 347 | −9.6% |
| 1982 | 358 | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 343 | −4.2% |
| 1999 | 353 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 417 | +18.1% |
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ Hamilton, Nigel (1986). Monty: The Final Years of the Field Marshal 1944-1976. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 514.
- ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
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