Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille
|image = Saint-pierre-la-vieille-eglise.jpg
|arrondissement = Vire
|canton = Condé-en-Normandie
|INSEE = 14653
|postal code = 14770
|commune = Condé-en-Normandie
|coordinates = {{coord|48.9189|-0.5762|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 250
|elevation min m = 117
|elevation max m = 252
|area km2 = 12.43
|population = 320
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}
}}
Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ pjɛʁ la vjɛj|-|Fr-Paris--Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille.ogg}}) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Condé-en-Normandie.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/1/INTB1600508A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 1 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.{{Cite web|url=https://www.office-tourisme-putanges.com/decouvrir/images/carte-suisse-normande/carte-sn.pdf|title=Map of Suisse Normande}}
History
=World War II=
After the liberation of the area by troops of the British 50th infantry division 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 14 August, the airfield was designated as "A-19", it was used by the 370th Fighter Group which flew P-38 Lightnings until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.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.Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
Population
{{Historical populations
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|1962|396
|1968|350
|1975|327
|1982|385
|1990|351
|1999|347
|2008|359
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See also
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Category:Former communes of Calvados (department)
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