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Douvres
Douvres () is a commune in the eastern French department of Ain. Population See also * Communes of the Ain department * Battle of Douvres Radar Station References Communes of Ain Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ain-geo-stub ...
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Battle Of Douvres Radar Station
The Battle of Douvres Radar Station was a military engagement of the Invasion of Normandy, that took place on 17 June 1944. The radar had been destroyed on the first day and Allied troops had bypassed the site moving further inland. British 41 Commando, No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando attacked a German radar station operated by and mostly defended by ''Luftwaffe'' ground forces. Supported by an artillery and detachments of specialist mine-clearing and assault tanks of 79th Armoured Division, the defences were breached and the site taken with few casualties on the Allied side. Background The Normandy landings, the Allies of World War II, Allied invasion of German military administration in occupied France during World War II, German-occupied France had commenced on 6 June 1944. The radar at Douvres-la-Délivrande was the primary ''Luftwaffe'' radar station in the area—a fortified position of twenty acres—having been built by the Todt Organisation comprising five radars with th ...
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Communes Of Ain
The following is a list of the 391 Communes of France, communes of the Ain Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025
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*Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse *Haut-Bugey Agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex *Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération (partly) *Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône (partly) *Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône *Communauté de communes Bugey Sud *Communauté de communes de la Côtière à Montluel *Communauté de communes de la Dombes *Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée *Communauté de communes de Miribel et du Plateau *Communauté d ...
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Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ...
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ...
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