Cretteville
Sign in to saveCretteville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Picauville.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cretteville is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It is catalogued under the topic Former communes of Manche.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Picauville
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 228
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Cretteville
- French commune.image
- Église de Cretteville.jpg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cherbourg
- French commune.canton
- Carentan
- French commune.INSEE
- 50153
- French commune.postal code
- 50250
- French commune.commune
- Picauville
- French commune.elevation m
- 20
- French commune.elevation min m
- 2
- French commune.elevation max m
- 37
- French commune.area km2
- 6.83
- French commune.population
- 204
- French commune.population date
- 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Cretteville
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Coutances
- Population
- 233
- Area
- 6.83
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Les Moitiers-en-Bauptois
- Image
- Église de Cretteville.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cretteville
- postal code
- 50250
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Carentan-les-Marais
- P8168
- Ernst Weiss
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- World War II
- See also
- References
Cretteville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Picauville.
==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 4 July, the airfield was designated as "A-14", it was used by the 358th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until mid-August when the unit moved into Central France. The 406th Fighter Group took its place at the airfield and continued to fly P-47s until early September. Afterward, the airfield was closed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cretteville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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