Montchauvet, Yvelines
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Montchauvet () is a commune in the
Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the ÃŽle-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.department in the
ÃŽle-de-France The ÃŽle-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
in north-central
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River

A small river named Ru d'Ouville traverses Montchauvet, passing through four other communes to a total length of . The Ru d'Ouville is a tributary of the Vaucouleurs which in turn empties into the
Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plat ...
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History

A British
bomber A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch aerial torpedo, torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles. There are two major classifications of bomber: strategic and tactical. Strateg ...
was shot down in the area of Montchauvet on 8 June 1944. The six men of its crew rest in the local graveyard. Montchauvet - Pont romain01.jpg, Bridge on the Ru d'Ouville Montchauvet CarréMilitaireBritannique.jpg, Allied pilots of World War II


See also

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Communes of the Yvelines department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes o ...


References


External links


Official website
Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub