Montreuil, Eure-et-Loir

Montreuil
Montreuil
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Montreuil
Coordinates: 48°46′38″N 1°22′03″E / 48.7773°N 1.3676°ECoordinates: 48°46′38″N 1°22′03″E / 48.7773°N 1.3676°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Dreux-Ouest
Intercommunality	Villages du Drouais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Chéron
Area^1	6.21 km^2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	512
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	28267 / 28500
Elevation	68–135 m (223–443 ft) (avg. 78 m or 256 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.

Montreuil is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 4 September, the airfield was designated as "A-38", it was used by the 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group which flew photo-recon aircraft from the airfield until early October when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.^[1][2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	242	—
1968	250	+3.3%
1975	255	+2.0%
1982	513	+101.2%
1990	513	+0.0%
1999	490	−4.5%
2008	512	+4.5%

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References

• INSEE

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.