Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes

Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes 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 Aure sur Mer.[2]

Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
Part of Aure sur Mer
Location of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
Coordinates: 49°20′53″N 0°48′22″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementBayeux
CantonTrévières
CommuneAure sur Mer
Area
1
5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
541
 • Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14520
Elevation0–78 m (0–256 ft)
(avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

World War II

On 13 September 1942 13 British commandos landed at night near Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes from a Motor Torpedo Boat in Operation Aquatint, a reconnaissance mission to collect information about the surrounding area, and take a German guard prisoner.[3]

Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes is located at the eastern end of Omaha Beach, one of the landings sites on D-Day, 6 June 1944, at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, during World War II.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962333—    
1968293−12.0%
1975310+5.8%
1982371+19.7%
1990391+5.4%
1999415+6.1%
2008582+40.2%

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 9 December 2016 (in French)
  3. Operation Aquatint



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.