Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
Part of Aure sur Mer in Normandy, France
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Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ɔnɔʁin de pɛʁt]) 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.[2]
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes | |
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 Location of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes | |
  Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes Location within France  Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 49°20′53″N 0°48′22″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Commune | Aure sur Mer |
Area 1 | 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 525 |
| • Density | 92.3/km2 (239/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14520 |
| Elevation | 0–78 m (0–256 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
World War II
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 took a German guard prisoner.[3]
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes is located at the eastern end of Omaha Beach, one of the landings sites on D-Day, 6 June 1944, at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, during World War II.
