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Cricqueville-en-Bessin | |
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 La Pointe du Hoc | |
 Location of Cricqueville-en-Bessin | |
  Cricqueville-en-Bessin  Cricqueville-en-Bessin | |
| Coordinates:49°22′38″N1°00′01″W / 49.3771°N 1.0002°W /49.3771; -1.0002 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–2026) | Pascale Vibet[1] |
Area 1 | 8.55 km2 (3.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 170 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14204 /14450 |
| Elevation | 0–39 m (0–128 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cricqueville-en-Bessin (French pronunciation:[kʁikvilɑ̃bɛsɛ̃]ⓘ, literallyCricqueville inBessin) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion in northwesternFrance.
The municipality takes its name from its deep-water creek that forms a natural harbor, from Crycavilla.
Just outside Cricqueville, theUnited States Army Air Forces established an airfield shortly afterD-Day on 9 June 1944, just three days after the Allied landings in France. The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy. Known asAdvanced Landing Ground "A-2" (Cricqueville), it was used from early June though September 1944. After the Americans moved east into Central France, the airfield was dismantled and the land returned to agricultural use.[3][4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 197 | — |
| 1968 | 200 | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 190 | −5.0% |
| 1982 | 157 | −17.4% |
| 1990 | 171 | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 182 | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 186 | +2.2% |
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