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Les Ormes (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɔʁm] (listen)) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

Les Ormes
Commune
The town hall in Les Ormes
Location of Les Ormes
Les Ormes
Les Ormes
Coordinates: 47°51′00″N 3°16′02″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentYonne
ArrondissementAuxerre
CantonCharny Orée de Puisaye
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Danielle Maillard
Area
1
8.55 km2 (3.30 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
362
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
89281 /89110
Elevation165–238 m (541–781 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History


During World War II, the Yonne region fell under German occupation after the Battle of France in 1940. The area would again see fighting in August of 1944 during Operation Houndsworth, in which local Maquis resistance fighters and British commandos from the Special Air Service were tasked with harassing German troops behind the frontlines.

On August 23rd, 1944, a detachment of commandos from C Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (led by Captain Derrick Harrison) stumbled upon a Waffen-SS unit preparing to execute local civilians in Les Ormes' town square. The two SAS jeeps opened fire on the Germans, and a brief firefight ensued before the commandos made their escape. Harrison estimated at least 60 German soldiers wounded or killed in action. One commando, Lance Corporal James 'Curly' Hall, was killed.


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.





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