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Шаблон:Infobox French commune

Auderville (Шаблон:IPA-fr) 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.[1]

History

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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.[2]

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.[3]

Population

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Heraldry

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See also

References

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Шаблон:Commons category

Шаблон:Authority control

Шаблон:Manche-geo-stub