Proussy
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Proussy | |
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Part of Condé-en-Normandie | |
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Coordinates: 48°52′57″N 0°32′10″W / 48.8825°N 0.5361°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Vire |
Canton | Condé-en-Normandie |
Commune | Condé-en-Normandie |
Area 1 | 12.64 km2 (4.88 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 388 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 14110 |
Elevation | 82–256 m (269–840 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Proussy (French pronunciation: [pʁusi] ) 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.[2]
In August 1944 as World War II was being fought, Proussy served as the location of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's tactical headquarters.[3]
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 376 | — |
1968 | 384 | 2.1% |
1975 | 347 | −9.6% |
1982 | 358 | 3.2% |
1990 | 343 | −4.2% |
1999 | 353 | 2.9% |
2008 | 417 | 18.1% |
References
[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ Hamilton, Nigel (1986). Monty: The Final Years of the Field Marshal 1944-1976. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 514.
- ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
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