Évrecy

Évrecy () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France situated on the River Guigne.

History

World war 2

The commune was almost entirely destroyed on June 15, 1944, by 223 Royal Air Force Lancaster and 100 Halifax heavy bombers, with 14 Mosquito light bombers. At Évrecy the headquarters of the Wehrmacht’s Twelfth Panzer Division was destroyed, and 130 out of 430 civilians were killed, the highest proportion in any community during the Battle of Normandy.

Geography

The river La Guigne and the stream Ruisseau de Verdun are the only watercourses which flow through the commune.

Population

Points of interest

National heritage sites

• Église Notre-Dame a thirteenth century church listed as a Monument historique in 1927.

Twin towns – sister cities

Évrecy, along with Bougy, Éterville, Baron-sur-Odon & Gavrus is twinned with:

• Gaukönigshofen, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References