Amfreville, Calvados
Encyclopedia
Amfreville is a commune
in the Calvados
department in the Basse-Normandie
region in north-western France
.
in the UK, with Hillerse
in Germany, and with Brunehaut in Belgium.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Calvados
Calvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
department in the Basse-Normandie
Basse-Normandie
Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
region in north-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
History
Because of its geographical position close to the coast of the Normandy landings, Amfreville was liberated on 6 June 1944.Population
Twin towns
Amfreville is twinned with DoltonDolton, Devon
Dolton is a small village in the Torridge District of Devon, in the South West of England. It has a population of around 900 inhabitants, including the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.Dolton is twinned with Amfreville in France and Hillerse in Germany....
in the UK, with Hillerse
Hillerse
Hillerse is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Meinersen.-Twin towns:...
in Germany, and with Brunehaut in Belgium.