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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | |
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 The chateau in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | |
 Location of Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | |
  Saint-Pierre-du-Mont  Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | |
| Coordinates:49°23′13″N0°58′25″W / 49.387°N 0.9736°W /49.387; -0.9736 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2023–2026) | Suzanne Gueroult[1] |
Area 1 | 4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 72 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14652 /14450 |
| Elevation | 0–42 m (0–138 ft) (avg. 36 m or 118 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃pjɛʁdymɔ̃]ⓘ) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion in northwesternFrance.
During World War II, the area was heavily bombarded on several occasions during May and early June 1944 by Allied bombers, attacking German coastal fortifications of theAtlantic Wall just north of the commune along the coast.
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont was liberated by American Ranger forces on 7 June 1944 after moving inland fromPointe du Hoc. The area north of the commune was used by theUnited States Army Air Forces as a combat airfield, known asAdvanced Landing Ground "A-1" (Saint-Pierre-du-Mont). The airfield was used between early June and September 1944. It was abandoned after the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 111 | — |
| 1975 | 84 | −3.90% |
| 1982 | 78 | −1.05% |
| 1990 | 84 | +0.93% |
| 1999 | 85 | +0.13% |
| 2009 | 76 | −1.11% |
| 2014 | 77 | +0.26% |
| 2020 | 77 | +0.00% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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