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Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɛɲɑ̃ də kʁamenil] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France, approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Caen. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Castelet.[2]
Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil | |
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Part of Le Castelet | |
![]() The church in Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil | |
Coordinates: 49°04′54″N 0°16′43″W / 49.0817°N 0.2786°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Caen |
Canton | Évrecy |
Commune | Le Castelet |
Area 1 | 6.91 km2 (2.67 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 662 |
• Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 14540 |
Elevation | 63–119 m (207–390 ft) (avg. 122 m or 400 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Population
editYear | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 330 | — |
1968 | 337 | +2.1% |
1975 | 363 | +7.7% |
1982 | 332 | −8.5% |
1990 | 325 | −2.1% |
1999 | 361 | +11.1% |
2008 | 496 | +37.4% |
Personalities
editThis village is known as the site of the death of the famous German tank commander Michael Wittmann on 8 August 1944, when his Tiger tank (number 007) was destroyed during an ambush. The crew of the destroyed tank was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1983, the German War Graves Commission located the burial site. Wittmann and his crew were reinterred together at the La Cambe German war cemetery, plot 47—row 3—grave 120, in France (about 70 km west).[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 24 September 2018, p. 129 (in French)
- ^ Budanovic, Nikola (2016-09-05). "Michael Wittmann, the Deadly German Panzer Ace Of WWI". WAR HISTORY ONLINE. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
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