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Souleuvre
The Souleuvre () is a 19.0 km long right affluent of the Vire in Normandy, northwestern France. Geography It crops at Montchamp near the hamlets of Lamerie, la Druerie and la Saffrie, 9 km to the east of Le Bény-Bocage and arrives at Le Tourneur where, having been rejoined by several affluents, it runs along the bed of a steep westwards pictorial valley, formed from the cambrian syncline of la ''zone bocaine''. It lies in the bocage virois. It joins the Vire, at the northern limit of Carville and Sainte-Marie-Laumont. It then runs westwards through les ''gorges de la Vire''. Watershed Its basin lies between those of la Drôme (north), l' Orne (west) and l' Allière (south). Its confluence with the Vire lies west of the basin. It has 3 main affluents on its right bank: the Blandouit (6,3 km), joined by the Rubec (5.9 km) at Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine the Courbençon (9,5 km) at Le Tourneur the Roucamps (14,4 km) between Le Tourneur and La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viaduc De La Souleuvre
Viaduc de la Souleuvre is a partially demolished railway viaduct over the Souleuvre River in La Ferrière-Harang, Normandy, France, and is now used for bungee jumping. {{coord, 48, 57, 3.72, N, 00, 51, 50.29, W, type:landmark_region:FR-14_scale:3000, display=title History Built by French engineer Gustave Eiffel for the Caen to Saint-Lô and Vire line, the Viaduc de la Souleuvre opened November 12, 1893. The total length of the viaduct was 364.20 m (1,200 ft), had a maximum height of 62.50 m (210 ft) and was set on five stone pillars. The height of these pillars varies between 26 m and 60 m, their bases are 18 m by 8 m and their tops are 7 m by 4 m. They were built with granite blocks from the Vire region quarries, each of a weight of 350 kg, and with mortar sand from the Chausey Islands, totaling 14000 m³. Before World War II, about 15 trains a day crossed the viaduct. It was used by the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ferrière-Harang
La Ferrière-Harang () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Bungee Jumping
Bungee jumping (), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic cord. The launching pad is usually erected on a tall structure such as a building or crane, a bridge across a deep ravine, or on a natural geographic feature such as a cliff. It is also possible to jump from a type of aircraft that has the ability to hover above the ground, such as a hot-air-balloon or helicopter. The thrill comes from the free-falling and the rebound. When the person jumps, the cord stretches and the jumper flies upwards again as the cord recoils, and continues to oscillate up and down until all the kinetic energy is dissipated. Early tethered jumping The land diving ( Sa: ') of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu is an ancient ritual in which young men jump from tall wooden platforms with vines tied to their ankles as a test of their courage and passage into manhood. Unlike in modern bungee-jumping, land-divers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bény-Bocage
Le Bény-Bocage () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population Personalities *Baron Gaston Jean Baptiste de Renty, French mystic.See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
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Sainte-Marie-Laumont
Sainte-Marie-Laumont () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
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Operation Bluecoat
Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War. The geographical objectives of the attack, undertaken by VIII Corps and XXX Corps of the British Second Army (Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey), were to secure the road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pinçon. The attack was made at short notice to exploit the success of Operation Cobra by the First US Army after it broke out on the western flank of the Normandy beachhead and to exploit the withdrawal of the 2nd Panzer Division from the Caumont area, to take part in ''Unternehmen Lüttich'' (Operation Liège) a German counter-offensive against the Americans. Background From 18 to 20 July, the British Second Army conducted Operation Goodwood on the eastern flank of the Allied beachhead south-east of Caen, in a southerly direction, which had forced the Germans to keep the bulk of their armoured units in the east around Caen. After Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montchauvet, Calvados
Montchauvet () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine
Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
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Carville, Calvados
Carville () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Campeaux, Calvados
Campeaux () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
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Le Tourneur
Le Tourneur () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage. 1 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
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11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
The 11th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army which was created in March 1941 during the Second World War. The division was formed in response to the unanticipated success of the German panzer divisions. The 11th Armoured was responsible for several major victories in the Battle of Normandy from in the summer of 1944, shortly after the Normandy landings, and it participated in the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine, the Rhine crossing in March 1945. It was disbanded in January 1946 and reformed towards the end of 1950. In 1956, it was converted into the 4th Infantry Division. Background and formation The 11th Armoured Division was organized in March 1941, in Yorkshire under Northern Command, under Major-General Percy Hobart. A veteran of the Royal Tank Regiment, he had already strongly influenced the shape of the 7th Armoured Division, but his original and innovative ideas had led to his early retirement from the army. Reinstated after the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
