Audouville-la-Hubert
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Audouville-la-Hubert | |
Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°14′27″W / 49.4092°N 1.2408°WCoordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°14′27″W / 49.4092°N 1.2408°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Manche |
Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
Canton | Carentan-les-Marais |
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• Mayor (2014-2020) | Pascal Leconte |
Area 1 | 6.40 km2 (2.47 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 77 |
• Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 50021 /50480 |
Elevation | 1–22 m (3.3–72.2 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Audouville-la-Hubert is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
History[]
Audouville La Hubert was the scene of a mass murder of 30 disarmed German POWs by American paratroopers in 1944 during the Battle of Normandy.[2]
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See also[]
- Communes of the Manche department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Wiegrefe, Klaus (4 May 2010). "The Horror of D-Day: A New Openness to Discussing Allied War Crimes in WWII". Der Spiegel. Spiegel-Verlag. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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