Proussy
Proussy | |
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Part of Condé-en-Normandie | |
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Location of Proussy | |
  Proussy Location within France  Proussy Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′57″N 0°32′10″W / 48.8825°N 0.5361°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| Canton | Condé-en-Normandie |
| Commune | Condé-en-Normandie |
Area 1 | 12.64 km2 (4.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 362 |
| • Density | 28.6/km2 (74.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14110 |
| Elevation | 82–256 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]
References
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ↑ "Arrêté du 1er décembre 2015 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Condé-en-Normandie | Legifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ Hamilton, Nigel (1986). Monty: The Final Years of the Field Marshal 1944-1976. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 514.
- ↑ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
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