Audouville-la-Hubert
Audouville-la-Hubert | |
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 Sainte-Honorine church | |
 Location of Audouville-la-Hubert | |
  Audouville-la-Hubert Location within France  Audouville-la-Hubert Location within Normandy | |
| 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 (2023)[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% |
| 2007 | 64 | −3.20% |
| 2012 | 64 | +0.00% |
| 2017 | 79 | +4.30% |
| 2023 | 78 | −0.21% |
| 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 de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ 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 municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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