Montreuil, Eure-et-Loir

Montreuil, Eure-et-Loir

Montreuil

Montreuil is located in France
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Montreuil
Administration
Country France
Region Centre
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Dreux
Canton Dreux-Ouest
Intercommunality Villages du Drouais
Mayor Denis Chéron
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 68–135 m (223–443 ft)
(avg. 78 m/256 ft)
Land area1 6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population2 512  (2008)
 - Density 82 /km2 (210 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 28267/ 28500
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: 48°46′38″N 1°22′03″E / 48.77729°N 1.36758°E / 48.77729; 1.36758

Montreuil is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

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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 4 September, the airfield was designated as "A-38", it was used by the 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group which flew photo-recon aircraft from the airfield until early October when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[1][2]

Population

Historical population of Montreuil, Eure-et-Loir
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
242 250 255 513 513 490 512

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  2. ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.



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