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Commune in Normandy, France
Évrecy
Commune
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Location of Évrecy
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Coordinates: 49°06′02″N 0°30′07″W / 49.1006°N 0.5019°W / 49.1006; -0.5019
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonÉvrecy
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Henri Girard
Area8.31 km (3.21 sq mi)
Population2,037
 • Density250/km (630/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code14257 /14210
Elevation58–122 m (190–400 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Calvados (department) Communes of the Calvados department


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