Peray
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Place details
- Locality
- Peray
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 54
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Peray
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Église Saint Jouin de Peray.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church of Saint Jouin, in Peray
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Peray (Sarthe).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Mamers
- French commune.canton
- Mamers
- French commune.INSEE
- 72233
- French commune.postal code
- 72260
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Luc Godimus
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Maine Saosnois
- French commune.elevation min m
- 62
- French commune.elevation max m
- 96
- French commune.area km2
- 2.45
- French commune.demonym
- Peréen, Peréenne Perayen, Perayenne
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Peray
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Marolles-les-Braults
- Population
- 70
- Area
- 2.45
- Elevation
- 72
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Courcival
- Image
- Église Saint Jouin de Peray.jpg
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- Commons category
- Peray
- postal code
- 72260
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mamers
- male population
- 29
- female population
- 33
- P8168
- Howard Jackson
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-43-33-61-64
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Encyclopedic overview
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- World War II
- See also
- References
Peray () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
==World War II== After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in August 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 September, the airfield was designated as "A-44", it was used by several combat units until November 1944 when the units moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.
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