Creully

Creully () 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.

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Creully is a former commune in the Calvados department of Normandy, France. It served as the capital of the canton of Creully within the arrondissement of Caen. The area covered 8.56 square kilometers and had an elevation of 61 meters above sea level. Its postal code was 14480, and it shared borders with Amblie, Crépon, Lantheuil, and Saint-Gabriel-Brécy.

The population of the commune was recorded as 2,404. On December 31, 2016, Creully was dissolved and replaced by the new commune of Creully sur Seulles. Following this administrative change, the associated electoral district became the canton of Thue et Mue.

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Place details

Locality: Creully sur Seulles
Region: Normandie
Country: France
Population: 1,490
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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French commune.name: Creully
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason Creully.svg
French commune.image: Ancienne Halle de Creully.JPG
French commune.arrondissement: Caen
French commune.canton: Thue et Mue
French commune.INSEE: 14200
French commune.postal code: 14480
French commune.commune: Creully sur Seulles
French commune.elevation m: 40
French commune.elevation min m: 7
French commune.elevation max m: 61
French commune.area km2: 8.56
French commune.population: 1586
French commune.population date: 2018

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: delegated commune
Official name: Creully
Country: France
Located in: arrondissement of Caen
Population: 1692
Area: 8.56
Elevation: 40
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: canton of Creully
Shares border with: Villiers-le-Sec
Official website: www.creully.fr
Image: Creully - château 1.JPG

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Commons category: Creully
postal code: 14480
Commons gallery: Creully
replaced by: Creully sur Seulles
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2016-12-31
associated electoral district: canton of Thue et Mue

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Creully () 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.

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