Deux-Jumeaux

Deux-Jumeaux
Deux-Jumeaux
Location within Lower Normandy region  Deux-Jumeaux
Coordinates: 49°20′55″N 0°57′45″W / 49.3487°N 0.9626°WCoordinates: 49°20′55″N 0°57′45″W / 49.3487°N 0.9626°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Isigny-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Isigny Grandcamp Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Planchon
Area^1	4.07 km^2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	77
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14224 / 14230
Elevation	8–47 m (26–154 ft) (avg. 48 m or 157 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.

Deux-Jumeaux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

History

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 northeast of the town. Declared operational on 30 June, the airfield was designated as "A-4", it was used by the 48th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until the end of August when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.^[1][2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	152	—
1968	138	−9.2%
1975	102	−26.1%
1982	101	−1.0%
1990	78	−22.8%
1999	69	−11.5%
2008	77	+11.6%

See also

• Communes of the Calvados 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.