| Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille | |
| Arrondissement: | Vire |
| Canton: | Condé-en-Normandie |
| Insee: | 14653 |
| Postal Code: | 14770 |
| Commune: | Condé-en-Normandie |
| Coordinates: | 48.9189°N -0.5762°W |
| Elevation M: | 250 |
| Elevation Min M: | 117 |
| Elevation Max M: | 252 |
| Area Km2: | 12.43 |
| Population: | 329 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille (pronounced as /fr/) 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]
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]
After the liberation of the area by troops of the British 50th infantry division 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 14 August, the airfield was designated as "A-19", it was used by the 370th Fighter Group which flew P-38 Lightnings until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[4] [5]