Le Mesnil-Patry

Le Mesnil-Patry
local community	Thue et Mue
region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Coordinates	49 ° 12 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ W Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ W
Post Code	14740
Former INSEE code	14423
Incorporation	January 1, 2017

Le Mesnil-Patry ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is a former French commune with the last 284 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse .

geography

Le Mesnil-Patry is about 12 kilometers west of Caen .

The municipality was surrounded by Putot-en-Bessin in the north, Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse in the northeast, Saint-Manvieu-Norrey in the east and southeast, Cheux in the south, Fontenay-le-Pesnel in the southwest, Cristot in the west and Brouay in the northwest Direction.

history

Second World War

Scottish soldiers from the 7th Seaforth Highlanders advance during Operation Epsom June 26th.

Le Mesnil-Patry was first the scene of heavy fighting on June 11, 1944 as part of the “Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry”, a failed British offensive attack on German defenses in the municipality, in which a total of 300 soldiers were killed on both sides . Le Mesnil-Patry and surrounding communities did not fall into Allied hands until two weeks later as a result of Operation Epsom , a renewed British-Scottish-Canadian offensive during Operation Overlord .

On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Le Mesnil-Patry was merged with Brouay , Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse , Cheux , Putot-en-Bessin and Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne to form the new municipality of Thue et Mue .