Proussy

Coordinates: 48°52′57″N 0°32′10″W / 48.8825°N 0.5361°W / 48.8825; -0.5361
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Proussy
Location of Proussy
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Proussy is located in France
Proussy
Proussy
Proussy is located in Normandy
Proussy
Proussy
Coordinates: 48°52′57″N 0°32′10″W / 48.8825°N 0.5361°W / 48.8825; -0.5361
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementVire
CantonCondé-en-Normandie
CommuneCondé-en-Normandie
Area
1
12.64 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
388
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14110
Elevation82–256 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]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962376—    
1968384+2.1%
1975347−9.6%
1982358+3.2%
1990343−4.2%
1999353+2.9%
2008417+18.1%

References[edit]

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Hamilton, Nigel (1986). Monty: The Final Years of the Field Marshal 1944-1976. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 514.
  4. ^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).