Dives (river)
| Dives | ||
 The river at Chambois |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : I1-0200 | |
| location | France , Normandy region | |
| River system | Dives | |
| source | in the municipality of Courménil, 48 ° 46 ′ 46 ″ N , 0 ° 15 ′ 8 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 250 m | |
| muzzle | between Cabourg and Houlgate in the English Channel Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 53 ″ N , 0 ° 5 ′ 15 ″ W 49 ° 17 ′ 53 ″ N , 0 ° 5 ′ 15 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 250 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.4 ‰ | |
| length | 105 km | |
| Catchment area | 1692 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Ante , Laizon , Divette | |
| Right tributaries | Oudon , Vie , Dorette , Ancre | |
| Small towns | Dives-sur-Mer | |
| Navigable | in the mouth section | |
The Dives is a river in France that runs in the Normandy region . It rises in the municipality of Courménil , drains generally northwards, through the landscape of the Pays d'Auge , separates it from the Caen plain and flows into the English Channel after 105 kilometers between Cabourg and Houlgate in an estuary . The last kilometer of the dives is a long meander through an artificial harbor and the holiday area of Port Guillaume . Before it flows into the English Channel, the river is separated from the English Channel by the one-kilometer-long sand dune Le Cap Cabourg . On its way, the Dives crosses the Orne and Calvados departments .
shipping
The Dives is officially navigable up to the Putot-en-Auge bridge, although there are some height restrictions. Yachts and fishing boats go to the Pont de la Dives bridge , which connects the municipality of Dives-sur-Mer with Cabourg.
Places on the river
- Courménil
- Chambois
- Trun
- Morteaux-Coulibœuf
- Mezidon Canon
- Méry-Corbon
- Troarn
- Dives-sur-Mer
- Cabourg
- Houlgate
history
On the day of the Normandy landing (D-Day: June 6, 1944) there was a large airborne operation :
The British 6th Airborne Division landed (" Operation Tonga ") with gliders or gliders on the bridges over the Orne and the Caen Canal near Bénouville . The 6th Airborne Division had the order to land with paratroopers and glider troops in 3 landing zones (K, V and N), to take and hold the Orne-Caen Canal bridges, to destroy bridges over the Dives, to eliminate the Merville coastal battery and to hold the space between Orne and Dives, protecting the left flank of the Allied landing. The paratroopers quickly managed to take the landing zones and prepare for the reinforcements to land. The bridges over the dives at Troarn , Bures, Robehomme and Varaville were also blown up . By the evening of June 6th, the division had achieved all of its objectives.
