Auderville (French pronunciation: [odɛʁvil]) is a former commune on the north coast of the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague.[2]

History

Freya radar spotted on 22 February 1941

On 22 February 1941, an RAF reconnaissance Spitfire aircraft from RAF Benson in south Oxfordshire with Flying Officer William Kenneth Manifould (28 June 1918 - 10 April 1941) of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF spotted the Freya radar nearby.[3]

Geography

The commune contains four villages, Goury, Laye, La Valette and La Roche, as well as a lighthouse. It is separated from Alderney by the Raz Blanchard, and has a small and not easily accessible port at Goury.

Cadomian granit crop out in Auderville.[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793404—    
1800388−4.0%
1806384−1.0%
1821496+29.2%
1831531+7.1%
1836572+7.7%
1841544−4.9%
1846500−8.1%
1851499−0.2%
1856479−4.0%
1861440−8.1%
1866480+9.1%
1872489+1.9%
1876475−2.9%
1881448−5.7%
1886463+3.3%
1891455−1.7%
1896413−9.2%
1901412−0.2%
YearPop.±%
1906423+2.7%
1911408−3.5%
1921365−10.5%
1926354−3.0%
1931296−16.4%
1936293−1.0%
1946229−21.8%
1954262+14.4%
1962232−11.5%
1968233+0.4%
1975204−12.4%
1982218+6.9%
1990283+29.8%
1999283+0.0%
2006287+1.4%
2009276−3.8%
2014249−9.8%
2019215−13.7%

Heraldry

Arms of Auderville
Arms of Auderville
 The arms of Auderville are blazoned :
Argent, on a fess gules in pale 2 leopards between 2 buckles Or, in chief a fleur de lys between 2 mullets, and in base a lighthouse between 2 ermine spots sable, the lighthouse pierced of the field and lit Or.



See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 September 2016 (in French)
  3. ^ Freya radar in 1941
  4. ^ Cadomian granit Archived 2014-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Website Lithothèque de Normandie.
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auderville
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