Étréham

Étréham is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Étréham
Commune
Farm of the Marguerie and St. Romanus church
Location of Étréham
Étréham
Étréham
Coordinates: 49°19′22″N 0°47′45″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementBayeux
CantonTrévières
IntercommunalityCC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Alain Cornière
Area
1
4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
349
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14256 /14400
Elevation12–68 m (39–223 ft)
(avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toponymy

Oesterham in 1350.

Probably Old Saxon *wester or Old English westre related to "west" (Old High German westar, west-; see Westerham, Kent) and hām "home, hamlet"[2] or, less probably, Old Saxon ōstar related to "east" (see Ouistreham). This place name corresponds to Saxon settlements in Bayeux and in the surrounding Bessin Region (the so-called Otlinga Saxonia) in the 5 - 6th century or to Anglo-Scandinavian settlements later in the 10th.

History

World War II

The village was bombed on 8 June 1944, two days after the D-Day landings, by the Big Red One (U.S. First Division). It was liberated one day later, and about 600 German soldiers were taken prisoner. After the liberation, the Allies used the place called Mont Cauvin in the same commune to store their oil until the conquest of Cherbourg.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962197—    
1968202+2.5%
1975187−7.4%
1982225+20.3%
1990236+4.9%
1999233−1.3%
2008264+13.3%

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Presses Universitaires de Caen 1993.



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