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(Redirected from Cap d'Antifer) Commune in Normandy, France
La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
Commune
Cap d'Antifer LighthouseCap d'Antifer Lighthouse
Location of La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
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Coordinates: 49°40′20″N 0°11′21″E / 49.6722°N 0.1892°E / 49.6722; 0.1892
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonOcteville-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityLe Havre Seine Métropole
Area5.81 km (2.24 sq mi)
Population453
 • Density78/km (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code76508 /76280
Elevation0–114 m (0–374 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It is located within the Siene-Maritime department.

History

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942. On 6 June 1944, small boats called Harbour Defense Motor Launches (HDML) simulated an invasion fleet headed towards the area as part of Operation Taxable. Today it is a peaceful place full of tranquility.

  • A HDML similar to the ones used for Operation Taxable A HDML similar to the ones used for Operation Taxable

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D950 roads. The commune borders the English Channel and has a beach and some spectacular limestone cliffs. It has a small port nearby. This port does receive much traffic.

This is a map of the surrounding area.

It is nearby the city of Le havre as shown on the map.

  • View of the cliffs View of the cliffs
  • At the bottom you can see the port facility. At the bottom you can see the port facility.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 269—    
1975 273+0.21%
1982 314+2.02%
1990 304−0.40%
1999 316+0.43%
2007 364+1.78%
2012 445+4.10%
2017 453+0.36%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse.
  • Aforementioned farming village.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ Barbier, Mary Kathryn (2007). D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International. p. 70. ISBN 0-275-99479-1.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Communes of the Seine-Maritime department


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