La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer


La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

History

During World War II, Operation Biting was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942. On 6 June 1944, small boats simulated an invasion fleet headed towards the area as part of Operation Taxable.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D950 roads. The commune borders the English Channel and has a beach and some spectacular limestone cliffs.

Population

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