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Lignerolles
Lignerolles
Commune
	Location of Lignerolles
	Lignerolles Lignerolles
	Coordinates: 48°50′51″N 1°16′27″E / 48.84760°N 1.2743°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Évreux
Canton	Saint-André-de-l'Eure
Intercommunality	Évreux Portes de Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Schaller
Area 1	6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population (2021)	349
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lignerollais, Lignerollaises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27368 /27220
Elevation	132–146 m (433–479 ft) ; (avg. 139 m or 456 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lignerolles (French pronunciation: [liɲʁɔl] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy 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 18 July, the airfield was designated as "A-12", it was used by several fighter groups which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until late August. Afterward, the airfield was used for resupply and casualty transport. It was closed in early November.^[3]^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	195	—
1975	174	−1.61%
1982	184	+0.80%
1990	228	+2.72%
1999	255	+1.25%
2007	285	+1.40%
2012	286	+0.07%
2017	327	+2.72%
2019	335	+1.22%
2020	342	+2.09%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE