Beuzeville-la-Bastille

Beuzeville-la-Bastille
The church of Saint-Vincent
Beuzeville-la-Bastille
Location within Lower Normandy region  Beuzeville-la-Bastille
Coordinates: 49°21′24″N 1°22′21″W / 49.35680°N 1.3725°WCoordinates: 49°21′24″N 1°22′21″W / 49.35680°N 1.3725°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Sainte-Mère-Église
Intercommunality	Canton de Sainte-Mère-Église
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Carles Dupont
Area^1	4.34 km^2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	148
• Density	34/km^2 (88/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50052 / 50360
Elevation	2–37 m (6.6–121.4 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beuzeville-la-Bastille is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in early June 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground to the south of the town. Declared operational on 15 June, the airfield was designated as "A-6", it was initially used by the 371st Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until mid-September when the unit moved into Central France. Along with the 371st, the 367th Fighter Group flew P-38 Lightnings from the airfield. It was used until mid-September when it was closed.^[1][2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	282	—
1800	294	+4.3%
1806	344	+17.0%
1821	379	+10.2%
1831	352	−7.1%
1836	353	+0.3%
1841	343	−2.8%
1846	367	+7.0%
1851	346	−5.7%
1856	325	−6.1%
1861	319	−1.8%
1866	293	−8.2%
1872	301	+2.7%
1876	334	+11.0%
1881	360	+7.8%
1886	356	−1.1%
1891	354	−0.6%
1896	347	−2.0%
1901	290	−16.4%
1906	301	+3.8%
1911	270	−10.3%
1921	207	−23.3%
1926	207	+0.0%
1931	173	−16.4%
1936	182	+5.2%
1946	186	+2.2%
1954	228	+22.6%
1962	206	−9.6%
1968	243	+18.0%
1975	225	−7.4%
1982	166	−26.2%
1990	166	+0.0%
1999	161	−3.0%
2007	149	−7.5%
2009	148	−0.7%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. 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.
2. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.