La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer

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

La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse
Location of La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer is located in France
La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer is located in Normandy
La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
Coordinates: 49°40′20″N 0°11′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonOcteville-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityLe Havre Seine Métropole
Area
1
5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[1]
453
  Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76508 /76280
Elevation0–114 m (0–374 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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 simulated an invasion fleet headed towards the area as part of Operation Taxable.[2]

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.

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[3]

Places of interest

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  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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