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Hottot-les-Bagues
Commune
Military cemetery
Location of Hottot-les-Bagues
Hottot-les-Bagues Show map of France Hottot-les-Bagues Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°09′12″N 0°38′52″W / 49.1533°N 0.6478°W / 49.1533; -0.6478
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Les Monts d'Aunay
Intercommunality	Seulles Terre et Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Colette Orieult [1]
Area 1	8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	468
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14336 /14250
Elevation	57–138 m (187–453 ft) (avg. 222 m or 728 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hottot-les-Bagues (French pronunciation: [ɔto le baɡ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.

Geography

Hottot-les-Bagues lies 14 kilometres south-east of Bayeux.

History

The fiefdom of Normandy was created for the Viking leader Rollo. Many of the remaining place names are of Norse origin. Hottot is believed to have taken its name from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound or low hill.

During World War II, the Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Within the surrounding district, there was much heavy fighting through June and July 1944 as Commonwealth forces tried to press on from Bayeux in an encircling movement to the south of Caen.

Military cemetery

Hottot-les-Bagues military cemetery contains some 1,137 graves belonging to 965 British soldiers, 34 Canadians, 3 Australians, 2 New Zealanders and 1 South African, together with 132 German soldiers. Most of the war dead lost their lives in the second fortnight of June 1944, in the furious fighting around Tilly-sur-Seulles. The cemetery can be reached from Bayeux by taking the D6 southeast. After passing through Tilly-sur-Seulles, turn westward at Juvigny onto the main road (the D9) that runs from Caen towards Caumont l'Evente.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department
• Duchy of Normandy
• Battle for Caen

References

External links

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• Hottot les Bagues War Cemetery
• Normandy War Cemeteries
• Vikings in Normandy

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