Brucheville
Sign in to saveBrucheville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais. It is located at the south east corner of the Cherbourg peninsula, about 90 km east of Caen.
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Brucheville
- French commune.image
- Église Saint-Hilaire de Brucheville (4).JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church of Saint-Hilaire
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Lô
- French commune.canton
- Carentan
- French commune.INSEE
- 50089
- French commune.postal code
- 50480
- French commune.commune
- Carentan-les-Marais
- French commune.elevation m
- 4
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 21
- French commune.area km2
- 13.33
- French commune.population
- 130
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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- World War II
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Brucheville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais. It is located at the south east corner of the Cherbourg peninsula, about 90 km east of Caen.
==World War II== After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 2 August, the airfield was designated as "A-16", it was used by the 36th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until late August when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brucheville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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