Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
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Location within Normandy region
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| Coordinates: 49°20′53″N 0°48′22″W / 49.3481°N 0.8061°WCoordinates: 49°20′53″N 0°48′22″W / 49.3481°N 0.8061°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Area1 | 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 582 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14591 / 14520 |
| Elevation | 0–78 m (0–256 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Aure sur Mer.
On 13 September 1942 13 British commandos landed at night near Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes from a Motor Torpedo Boat in Operation Aquatint, a reconnaissance mission to collect information about the surrounding area, and take a German guard prisoner.
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes is located at the eastern end of Omaha Beach, one of the landings sites on D-Day, at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, during World War II.
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