Évrecy
Évrecy | |
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 A general view of Évrecy | |
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| Coordinates: 49°06′02″N 0°30′07″W / 49.1006°N 0.5019°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Évrecy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Henri Girard[1] |
Area 1 | 8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,066 |
| • Density | 249/km2 (644/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14257 /14210 |
| Elevation | 58–122 m (190–400 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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.
History
World war 2
The commune was almost entirely destroyed on June 15, 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.[3]
Geography
The river La Guigne and the stream Ruisseau de Verdun are the only watercourses which flow through the commune.[4][5]
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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[7] | ||
Points of interest
National heritage sites
- Église Notre-Dame a thirteenth century church listed as a Monument historique in 1927.[8]
Twin towns – sister cities
Évrecy, along with Bougy, Éterville, Baron-sur-Odon & Gavrus is twinned with:[9]
Gaukönigshofen, Germany
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de Verdun (I2549200)".
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Guigne (I2549000)".
- ^ "Gavrus · 14210, France". Gavrus · 14210, France.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Eglise à Évrecy - PA00111307 - Monumentum". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Le jumelage allemand célèbre ses vingt ans". Ouest-France (in French). Ouest-France. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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