Coudehard

Coudehard (French pronunciation: [kud(ə)aʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Coudehard
Commune
The church in Coudehard
Location of Coudehard
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Coordinates: 48°50′39″N 0°08′08″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-2
Intercommunality	Terres d'Argentan Interco
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Gosselin[1]
Area 1	8.52 km2 (3.29 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	78
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/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.

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

• Communes of the Orne department