Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
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Commune of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | Trévières |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0 m–78 m (avg. 70 m) |
| Land area¹ | 5.69 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
415 |
| - Density | 72/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 14591/ 14520 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France. Its postal code is 14520. The INSEE code is 14591.
[edit] History
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes is located at the eastern end of Omaha Beach, one of the landings sites on D-Day, at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, during World War II.
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