| La Chapelle-en-Juger | |
| Arrondissement: | Saint-Lô |
| Canton: | Saint-Lô-1 |
| Insee: | 50123 |
| Postal Code: | 50570 |
| Commune: | Thèreval |
| Coordinates: | 49.128°N -1.2155°W |
| Elevation M: | 97 |
| Elevation Min M: | 17 |
| Elevation Max M: | 112 |
| Area Km2: | 15.00 |
| Population: | 656 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
La Chapelle-en-Juger (pronounced as /fr/) 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.
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]