Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive

Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°49′15″N 0°04′33″E / 48.8208°N 0.0758°E / 48.8208; 0.0758Coordinates: 48°49′15″N 0°04′33″E / 48.8208°N 0.0758°E / 48.8208; 0.0758
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-2
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Duval
Area 1	7.73 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	143
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61413 /61160
Elevation	85–148 m (279–486 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Significance[]

Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive is recognised as the place where the 4th Canadian Armoured Division (specifically the South Alberta Regiment and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada) fought tenaciously in the closing stages of the Battle of Normandy. It is the place where Major David Vivian Currie won his Victoria Cross. The action centred on the stone bridge across the Dives and later, down to the ford at Moissy, both of which provided the Germans with escape routes across the river.

See also[]

• Communes of the Orne department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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