Choloy-Ménillot Explained

Choloy-Ménillot
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Choloy-Ménillot (Meurthe-et-Moselle).svg
Arrondissement:Toul
Canton:Toul
Insee:54128
Postal Code:54200
Mayor:Pierre Varis[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:48.6625°N 5.8197°W
Elevation M:249
Elevation Min M:226
Elevation Max M:412
Area Km2:11.95

Choloy-Ménillot (in French pronounced as /ʃɔlwa menijo/) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.[2]

It is located 28 kilometres west of Nancy and 5 kilometres west of Toul.

Near the village is the Royal Canadian Air Force Cemetery Choloy, which contains the remains of Canadian military personnel or their family members who died while serving with the Canadian No. 1 Air Division during the Cold War period of the 1950s and 1960s. It also contains graves of Canadian and Commonwealth aircrew who died in World War II, including: RCAF pilot Andy Watson, 21, from Hamilton, Ont., who stayed with his Lancaster while the rest of the crew; Australian Hurricane pilot Les Clisby, who died during the Battle of France in 1940, and was the first RAF ace of the war to be lost in action; and New Zealand Hurricane pilot Cobber Kain, first RAF ace of the war, who also died during the Battle of France.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM54128-choloy-menillot INSEE commune file