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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]

See also

References

  1. ^ “Répertoire national des élus: les maires” (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ “Populations de référence 2023” (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b “Google Maps”. Google Maps.
  4. ^ “To Battle”. Hill 262.
  5. ^ “Polish Army’s Heroic Stand at Falaise”.
  6. ^ “Memorial Montormel – Museum”. memorial-montormel.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2010.