Audouville-la-Hubert
Audouville-la-Hubert | |
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 Sainte-Honorine church | |
Location of Audouville-la-Hubert  | |
  Audouville-la-Hubert  Audouville-la-Hubert | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°14′27″W / 49.4092°N 1.2408°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
| Canton | Carentan-les-Marais |
| Intercommunality | CC Baie Cotentin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Mesnil[1] |
| Area 1 | 6.40 km2 (2.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 78 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50021 /50480 |
| Elevation | 1–22 m (3.3–72.2 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Audouville-la-Hubert (French pronunciation: [oduvil la ybɛʁ]) is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
History
[edit]In 1944, thirty German prisoners of war were massacred near the village of Audouville-la-Hubert by American paratroopers in an act of revenge after they suffered a high number of casualties during the Battle of Normandy.[3]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 128 | — |
| 1975 | 129 | +0.11% |
| 1982 | 93 | −4.57% |
| 1990 | 97 | +0.53% |
| 1999 | 83 | −1.72% |
| 2009 | 57 | −3.69% |
| 2014 | 80 | +7.01% |
| 2020 | 76 | −0.85% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Wiegrefe, Klaus (4 May 2010). "The Horror of D-Day: A New Openness to Discussing Allied War Crimes in WWII". Der Spiegel. Spiegel-Verlag. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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