Bretteville-sur-Laize
Encyclopedia
Bretteville-sur-Laize is a commune
in the Calvados
department in the Basse-Normandie
region
in northwestern France
.
The scene of heavy fighting following the Normandy landings, much of the town is of post-WW2 construction.
, Germany
Chagford
, England
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Calvados
Calvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
department in the Basse-Normandie
Basse-Normandie
Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in northwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The scene of heavy fighting following the Normandy landings, much of the town is of post-WW2 construction.
Population
Twin towns
Bretteville-sur-Laize is twinned with: MaßbachMaßbach
Maßbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany.-Geography:Maßbach lies between the biosphere reserve of the Bavarian Rhön Mountains and Haßberge.-Neighboring municipalities:*Münnerstadt*Thundorf...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Chagford
Chagford
Chagford is a small town and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign. It is located off the A382, about 4 miles west of Moretonhampstead. The name Chagford is derived from the word chag, meaning gorse or broom, and the ford suffix indicates its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
See also
- Communes of the Calvados department
- Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War CemeteryBretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War CemeteryThe Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is a Cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the later stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War...