Coudehard | |
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 The church in Coudehard | |
 Location of Coudehard | |
Coudehard Coudehard | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′39″N 0°08′08″E / 48.8442°N 0.1356°E / 48.8442; 0.1356 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Argentan-2 |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Gosselin1 |
Area 1 | 8.52 km2 (3.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 77 |
| • Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61120 /61160 |
| Elevation | 112–265 m (367–869 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Coudehard (French pronunciation: [kud(ə)aʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Cour du Bosq and Coudehard.3
The commune has the following streams running through its borders, the Secqueville, the Besion, the Foulbec, the Mont-Ormel and the Costillets.
Points of Interest
Hill 262 is an area of high ground above the commune that is a site of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Battle of Falaise as part of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.4 This is where a single Polish regiment, the 1st Armoured Division, held back the German forces for 3 days on their own to close the Falaise pocket, before being relieved by the Canadian Grenadier Guards.5 The Mémorial de Coudehard–Montormel museum, in the neighbouring commune of Mont-Ormel was constructed on the same site on the battle's 50th anniversary in 1994.6
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- "To Battle". Hill 262.
- "Polish Army's Heroic Stand at Falaise".
- "Memorial Montormel - Museum". memorial-montormel.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2010.