Brucheville

Brucheville (French pronunciation: [bʁyʃvil]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais.^[2] It is located at the south east corner of the Cherbourg peninsula, about 90 km east of Caen.

Brucheville
Part of Carentan-les-Marais
The church of Saint-Hilaire
Location of Brucheville
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Coordinates: 49°22′25″N 1°12′18″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Saint-Lô
Canton	Carentan
Commune	Carentan-les-Marais
Area 1	13.33 km2 (5.15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	130
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50480
Elevation	0–21 m (0–69 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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 2 August, the airfield was designated as "A-16", it was used by the 36th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until late August when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.^[3][4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 372 —     1800 374 +0.5% 1806 468 +25.1% 1821 456 −2.6% 1831 334 −26.8% 1836 342 +2.4% 1841 339 −0.9% 1846 345 +1.8% 1851 338 −2.0% 1856 303 −10.4% 1861 294 −3.0% 1866 301 +2.4% 1872 274 −9.0% 1876 309 +12.8% 1881 292 −5.5% 1886 300 +2.7% 1891 296 −1.3% 1896 278 −6.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 261 −6.1% 1906 255 −2.3% 1911 237 −7.1% 1921 255 +7.6% 1926 263 +3.1% 1931 228 −13.3% 1936 245 +7.5% 1946 237 −3.3% 1954 223 −5.9% 1962 204 −8.5% 1968 207 +1.5% 1975 181 −12.6% 1982 174 −3.9% 1990 140 −19.5% 1999 147 +5.0% 2007 149 +1.4% 2009 145 −2.7%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department