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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- 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
- Official name
- Cretteville
- Population
- 233
- Area
- 6.83
- Elevation
- 2
- Image
- Église de Cretteville.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cretteville
- postal code
- 50250
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- P8168
- Ernst Weiss
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- World War II
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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.
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