Putot-en-Auge

Putot-en-Auge
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Putot-en-Auge
Location within Lower Normandy region Putot-en-Auge
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Dozulé
Intercommunality	Pays d'Auge dozuléen
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Asmant
Area1	6.58 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	286
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14524 / 14430
Elevation	3–139 m (9.8–456.0 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
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.

Putot-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

On the hill to the east of Putot a vicious battle was fought on August 19, 1944. The Allied casualties lie in the small churchyard of Putot-en-Auge.

The village features heavily in the book "13 - Lucky For Some" which is about the history of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion. There are many then and now photographs as well as maps and diagrams of battles that took place in the region.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	208	—
1968	202	−2.9%
1975	304	+50.5%
1982	344	+13.2%
1990	352	+2.3%
1999	330	−6.2%
2008	286	−13.3%

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE