Bréville-les-Monts () is a
commune in the
Calvados
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History In France
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department in the
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
region
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in northwestern
France
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. It was the location for the
Battle of Bréville fought by the
6th Airborne Division
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during the
Second World War
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.
History
The town was formerly called Bréville, and was officially renamed Bréville-les-Monts on 26 August 2004.
Décret n° 2004-886 du 26 août 2004 portant changement de nom de communes
Population
Twin towns
*Hillerse
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Twin towns
H ...
in Germany
See also
*Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities ...
References
Communes of Calvados (department)
Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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