Audouville-la-Hubert

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Audouville-la-Hubert
Audouville-la-Hubert (France)
Audouville-la-Hubert
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Carentan
Community association Baie du Cotentin
Coordinates 49 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  W
height 1–22 m
surface 6.40 km 2
Residents 79 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50480
INSEE code

Audouville-la-Hubert is a French municipality with 79 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . The village is on the Cotentin peninsula . The area around Audouville-la-Hubert is flat and used for agriculture. The place became the scene of a war crime in 1944 when Allied paratroopers murdered 30 captured German soldiers.

Individual evidence

  1. Klaus Wiegrefe : Screams in the crater landscape . In: Der Spiegel . No. 17 , 2010, p. 44-45 ( Online - Apr. 26, 2010 ).