Foucarville

Foucarville
The church of Saint-Lô
Foucarville
Location within Normandy region
Foucarville
Coordinates: 49°26′33″N 1°15′20″W / 49.4425°N 1.2556°W / 49.4425; -1.2556Coordinates: 49°26′33″N 1°15′20″W / 49.4425°N 1.2556°W / 49.4425; -1.2556
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Carentan
Intercommunality Baie du Cotentin
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Thérèse Angot
Area1 5.06 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 135
 • Density 27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 50191 /50480
Elevation 1–32 m (3.3–105.0 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Foucarville is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Sainte-Mère-Église.[1]

Following World War II, for 21 months, tens of thousands of Nazi POWs were detained at an Allied prison camp in Foucarville. Officially called the Continental Prisoner of War Enclosure Number 19, it encompassed 306 acres, was powered by hydroelectric power and diesel generators, 2 hospitals, 50 kitchens serving 5 mess halls, 10 workshops, 4 churches 2 theaters and a soccer field. The last prisoners were re-integrated into society at the camp's close on December 31, 1948.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 2 December 2015 (in French)
  2. ↑ Stoffer, Jeff. “The Compassionate Prison Camp.” The American Legion, 20 Feb. 2018, www.legion.org/magazine/241275/compassionate-prison-camp.
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