Le Mesnil-Patry

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Le Mesnil-Patry
Part of Thue et Mue
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Coordinates: 49°11′45″N 0°32′37″W / 49.1958°N 0.5436°W / 49.1958; -0.5436Coordinates: 49°11′45″N 0°32′37″W / 49.1958°N 0.5436°W / 49.1958; -0.5436
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse
Commune	Thue et Mue
Area 1	3.51 km2 (1.36 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	312
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14740
Elevation	69–97 m (226–318 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Mesnil-Patry (French pronunciation: [lə mɛnil patʁi] (listen)) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Thue et Mue.^[2]

History[]

World War II[]

On 11 June 1944 the Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry was fought to the east of the town, involving units of the 12th SS Panzer Division, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade.

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Calvados department

References[]

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