Méautis
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- French commune.name
- Méautis
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Église de Méautis.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church of Saint-Hilaire
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Lô
- French commune.canton
- Carentan-les-Marais
- French commune.INSEE
- 50298
- French commune.postal code
- 50500
- French commune.mayor
- Murielle Larue
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Baie du Cotentin
- French commune.elevation m
- 42
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 29
- French commune.area km2
- 16.98
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Méautis
- Population
- 644
- Area
- 16.98
- Elevation
- 17
- Official website
- www.meautis.fr
- Image
- Église de Méautis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Méautis
- postal code
- 50500
- male population
- 336
- female population
- 320
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-33-42-19-24
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- World War II
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Méautis () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.
==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 17 August, the airfield was designated as "A-17", it was used by the 50th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed. On 12 July 1944, General Theodore Roosevelt died in Meautis of a heart attack.
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