La Meauffe
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Country | France | |
Region | Normandy | |
Department | Manche | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Lô | |
Canton | Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle | |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de l'agglomération saint-loise | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Mahieu | |
Area1 | 10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 1,064 | |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 50297 / 50880 | |
Elevation | 4–87 m (13–285 ft) | |
Website | pagesperso-orange.fr/mairie.la-meauffe | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
La Meauffe is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
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History
The 11 and 12 July 1944, the village was attacked by the American 35th ID, while defended by the German 352 ID and units of the 266 ID. The fighting, violent, started the 11 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.[1]
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Church, destroyed in July 1944 and rebuilt after the war.
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Funeral chapel, with bullet and shrapnel holes.
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Stone memorial for the 35th ID.
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Shrapnel holes on a headstone.
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Stone of the Calvary cross, marked by the fighting.
Heraldry
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
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