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Bréville-les-Monts | |
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Coordinates: 49°14′27″N 0°13′34″W / 49.2408°N 0.2261°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Lisieux |
Canton | Cabourg |
Intercommunality | Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marc Paiola [1] |
Area 1 | 4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 656 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
14106 /14860 |
Elevation | 11–63 m (36–207 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bréville-les-Monts (French pronunciation: [bʁevil le mɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It was the location for the Battle of Bréville fought by the 6th Airborne Division during the Second World War.
The town was formerly called Bréville, and was officially renamed Bréville-les-Monts on August 26, 2004. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 301 | — |
1968 | 387 | +28.6% |
1975 | 441 | +14.0% |
1982 | 529 | +20.0% |
1990 | 515 | −2.6% |
1999 | 565 | +9.7% |
2008 | 662 | +17.2% |