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Urville-Nacqueville
Sign in to saveUrville-Nacqueville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague. It is an amalgam of two pre-existing villages, which were both heavily damaged by Allied bombardments during World War II (close to a radar station, Nacqueville was almost obliterated, and its church was dynamited by the German army in 1944).
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Urville-Nacqueville was a commune in the Manche department of Normandy, France. It was situated in the arrondissement of Cherbourg and the canton of Beaumont-Hague, later associated with the canton of la Hague. The area covered 11.58 square kilometers and bordered Gréville-Hague, Branville-Hague, Sainte-Croix-Hague, and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. Located near the English Channel, the commune had an elevation of 148 meters above sea level.
The population was recorded as 2,172, with a postal code of 50460. Urville-Nacqueville was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and replaced by the commune of La Hague. Its official website was urville-nacqueville.fr.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Hague
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,307
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Urville-Nacqueville
- French commune.image
- Plage_Urville-Nacqueville.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Houses along the beach
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cherbourg
- French commune.canton
- La Hague
- French commune.commune
- La Hague
- French commune.INSEE
- 50611
- French commune.postal code
- 50460
- French commune.elevation m
- 38
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 148
- French commune.area km2
- 11.58
- French commune.population
- 1948
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Urville-Nacqueville
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Cherbourg
- Population
- 2067
- Area
- 11.58
- Elevation
- 73
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- English Channel
- Shares border with
- Querqueville
- Official website
- www.urville-nacqueville.fr
- Image
- Plage Urville-Nacqueville.jpg
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- Commons category
- Urville-Nacqueville
- postal code
- 50460
- replaced by
- La Hague
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Hague
- P8168
- Argyroderma
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Urville-Nacqueville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague. It is an amalgam of two pre-existing villages, which were both heavily damaged by Allied bombardments during World War II (close to a radar station, Nacqueville was almost obliterated, and its church was dynamited by the German army in 1944).
The village was originally about 1 km inland, with only a few fishing huts on the long beach. In the beginning of the 20th century, the coastal strip was developed as a resort, along with a 'Village Normande' (totally destroyed in World War II) for tourists next to the original hamlet. Suburban infill then gave the village of Urville-Nacqueville its current footprint.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Urville-Nacqueville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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