La Chapelle-en-Juger

Part of Thèreval in Normandy, France

Location of La Chapelle-en-Juger

49°07′41″N 1°12′56″W / 49.12800°N 1.2155°W / 49.12800; -1.2155CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentMancheArrondissementSaint-LôCantonSaint-Lô-1CommuneThèreval Area

15.00 km² (5.79 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

656 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

50570

Elevation17–112 m (56–367 ft)
(avg. 97 m or 318 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Chapelle-en-Juger (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl ɑ̃ ʒyʒe]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Thèreval.^[2]

The local name of the commune is La Chapelle-Enjuger, as indicated in local sollicitor's documents.

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 5 July, the airfield was designated as "A-5", it was used by the 404th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until the end of August when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 2 December 2015 (in French)
^ 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.
^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.