Auderville
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Auderville | |
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Part of La Hague | |
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Coordinates: 49°42′46″N 1°55′48″W / 49.7128°N 1.93°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Manche |
Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
Canton | La Hague |
Commune | La Hague |
Area 1 | 4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 215 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 50440 |
Elevation | 0–133 m (0–436 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Auderville (French pronunciation: [odɛʁvil]) is a former commune on the north coast of the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague.[2]
History
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On 22 February 1941, an RAF reconnaissance Spitfire aircraft from RAF Benson in south Oxfordshire with Flying Officer William Kenneth Manifould (28 June 1918 - 10 April 1941) of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF spotted the Freya radar nearby.[3]
Geography
[edit]The commune contains four villages, Goury, Laye, La Valette and La Roche, as well as a lighthouse. It is separated from Alderney by the Raz Blanchard, and has a small and not easily accessible port at Goury.
Cadomian granit crop out in Auderville.[4]
Population
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Heraldry
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The arms of Auderville are blazoned : Argent, on a fess gules in pale 2 leopards between 2 buckles Or, in chief a fleur de lys between 2 mullets, and in base a lighthouse between 2 ermine spots sable, the lighthouse pierced of the field and lit Or.
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ Freya radar in 1941
- ^ Cadomian granit Archived 2014-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Website Lithothèque de Normandie.
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