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Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]

Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive
Commune
The church in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive
Location of Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive
Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive
Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive
Coordinates: 48°49′15″N 0°04′33″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonArgentan-2
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Philippe Ballot[1]
Area
1
7.73 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
138
  Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61413 /61160
Elevation85–148 m (279–486 ft)
(avg. 92 m or 302 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Significance


Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive is recognised as the place where the 4th Canadian Armoured Division (specifically the South Alberta Regiment and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada) fought tenaciously in the closing stages of the Battle of Normandy. It is the place where Major David Vivian Currie won his Victoria Cross. The action centred on the stone bridge across the Dives and later, down to the ford at Moissy, both of which provided the Germans with escape routes across the river.


See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. INSEE commune file





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