Creully

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Creully (French pronunciation: [kʁøli] ^ⓘ) 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.^[2]

Key Information

Creully
Part of Creully sur Seulles
Coat of arms
Location of Creully
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Coordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844°N 0.5394°W / 49.2844; -0.5394
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Thue et Mue
Commune	Creully sur Seulles
Area 1	8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]	1,586
• Density	185/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14480
Elevation	7–61 m (23–200 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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The town square is named after Canadian Lieutenant Bill McCormick of the 1st Hussars Canadian Armoured Regiment (London, Ontario).^[3] 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.^[4]

The school in Creully, Normandy, is named Cecil Newton Primary School in honour of Second World War veteran Cecil Newton^[5].

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	692	—
1968	817	+18.1%
1975	692	−15.3%
1982	1,003	+44.9%
1990	1,396	+39.2%
1999	1,426	+2.1%
2008	1,569	+10.0%

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1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016 (in French)
3. ^ Outhit, Jeff (8 June 2011). "Liberator then, hero still". Record (Kitchener, ON). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
4. ^ Belanger, Joe (8 June 2011). "Vet Wants to See Juno Beach Once More". Retrieved 17 January 2021.
5. ^ https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/french-school-named-after-second-world-war-veteran-9300153/#:~:text=Sign%20in%20here.,sur%20Seulles%20Thierry%20Ozenne%2C%20left

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