Bruneval
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Location within Normandy region
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
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| Coordinates: 49°38′38″N 0°09′49″E / 49.6439°N 0.1636°ECoordinates: 49°38′38″N 0°09′49″E / 49.6439°N 0.1636°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Criquetot-l'Esneval |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval |
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| • Mayor | François Auber |
| Area1 | 18.82 km2 (7.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,808 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76595 / 76280 |
| Elevation | 0–137 m (0–449 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D139 and D111 roads. France’s 2nd largest oil-tanker port (built 1973-1975) and oil depot of ‘’Havre-Antifer’’ is entirely within the borders of the commune.
During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) 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.
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