La Cambe

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La Cambe
La Cambe coat of arms
La Cambe (France)
La Cambe
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Trévières
Community association Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Coordinates 49 ° 21 ′  N , 1 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′  N , 1 ° 0 ′  W
height 0-39 m
surface 11.17 km 2
Residents 561 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 50 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 14230
INSEE code
Website http://www.lacambe.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of La Cambe

La Cambe is a commune in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy with 561 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). La Cambe is part of the Bayeux arrondissement and the Trévières canton .

geography

La Cambe is about 30 kilometers west-northwest of Bayeux . La Cambe is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Grandcamp-Maisy in the north and north-west, Cricqueville-en-Bessin in the north, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont in the north-east, Deux-Jumeaux in the east and north-east, Canchy in the east, Colombières in the south-east, Monfréville in the south and south-west, Saint-Germain-du-Pert in the west and south-west, Cardonville in the west and Géfosse-Fontenay in the north-west.

The National Route 13 runs through the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
730 615 540 552 588 518 609 628
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church
  • Chapel of Saint-Roch of the Château de Jucoville
  • German military cemetery from World War II

Web links

Commons : La Cambe  - collection of images, videos and audio files


Single references

  1. ^ Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge : La Cambe war cemetery