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La Poterie Cap d'Antifer

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Population (2006)
  
366

Local time
  
Friday 9:34 AM

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Criquetot-l'Esneval

Area
  
5.81 km²

Arrondissement
  
Le Havre

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Intercommunality
  
Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval

Weather
  
9°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 99% Humidity

La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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Map of La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer, France

History

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942. On 6 June, 1944, small boats simulated an invasion fleet headed towards the area as part of Operation Taxable.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D950 roads. The commune borders the English Channel and has a beach and some spectacular limestone cliffs.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The Cap d’Antifer lighthouse.
  • References

    La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer Wikipedia