Évrecy
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Évrecy (French pronunciation: [evʁəsi] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France situated on the River Guigne. It was almost entirely destroyed on 15 June 1944 by 223 Royal Air Force Lancaster and 100 Halifax heavy bombers, with 14 Mosquito light bombers. At Évrecy the headquarters of the Wehrmacht’s Twelfth Panzer Division was destroyed, and 130 out of 430 civilians were killed, the highest proportion in any community during the Battle of Normandy.[3]
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| Coordinates: 49°06′02″N 0°30′07″W / 49.1006°N 0.5019°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Évrecy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Henri Girard[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,037 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14257 /14210 |
| Elevation | 58–122 m (190–400 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 619 | — |
| 1975 | 828 | +4.24% |
| 1982 | 1,099 | +4.13% |
| 1990 | 1,093 | −0.07% |
| 1999 | 1,263 | +1.62% |
| 2007 | 1,525 | +2.38% |
| 2012 | 1,824 | +3.65% |
| 2017 | 2,008 | +1.94% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Vannier, Pascal; Vulliamy, Ed (20 June 2024). "D-Day's Forgotten Victims Speak Out". The New York Review of Books. Vol. 71, no. 11. ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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