La Meauffe

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La Meauffe
Commune
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The church, destroyed in July 1944 and rebuilt after the war
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Coat of arms
Location of La Meauffe
La Meauffe
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La Meauffe
Coordinates: 49°10′37″N1°06′34″W / 49.1769°N 1.1094°W / 49.1769; -1.1094
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Canton Pont-Hébert
Intercommunality Saint-Lô Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Langlois [1]
Area
1
10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
998
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym Meauffois
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50297 /50880
Elevation4–87 m (13–285 ft)
Website la-meauffe.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Meauffe (French pronunciation: [lamof] ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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History

Church and manor prior the fighting in 1944. La Meauffe avant 1944.jpg
Church and manor prior the fighting in 1944.

On the 11 and 12 July 1944, the village was attacked by the 35th Infantry Division (United States) while defended by the German 352 ID and units of the 266 ID. The fighting, violent, started the 11th and ended the 12th, cost the lives of 19 US soldiers, wounding 170, with 25 missing. The road D54, leading to La Meauffe was renamed the Death Valley Road by the US soldiers. [3]

Heraldry

Arms of La Meauffe Blason ville fr La Meauffe (Manche).svg
Arms of La Meauffe
The arms of La Meauffe are blazoned  :
Vert, a fess wavy argent between 2 fleurs de lys Or, and a salmon argent.



See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ↑ La Meauffe en 1944, sur dday-overlord.com


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