Creully

Creully
Creully
Location within Lower Normandy region  Creully
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Creully
Mayor	Roger Levert (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	7–61 m (23–200 ft) (avg. 40 m/130 ft)
Land area1	8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Population2	1,569  (2008)
- Density	183 /km2 (470 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14200/ 14480
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°17′04″N 0°32′22″W / 49.2844444444°N 0.539444444444°W / 49.2844444444; -0.539444444444

Creully is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

The town square is named after Canadian Lieutenant Bill McCormick of the 1st Hussars Canadian Armoured Regiment (London, Ontario).^[1] Lt. McCormick was the only Allied soldier to reach his D-Day objective when on June 6, 1944, after the tank his commanded passed through Creully, it reached the Caen-Bayeux road.^[2]

Population

Historical population of Creully

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
692	817	692	1003	1396	1426	1569

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department
• Château de Creully

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Outhit, Jeff (08 June 2011). "Liberator then, hero still". Record (Kitchener, ON). http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/544500--liberator-then-hero-still. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
2. ^ Belanger, Joe (01 June 2011). "Vet Wants to See Juno Beach Once More". http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/01/vet-wants-to-see-juno-beach-once-more. Retrieved 16 June 2011.