Auderville Freyas
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Auderville () is a former commune on the north coast of the
Manche Manche (, ; Norman language, Norman: ) is a coastal Departments of France, French ''département'' in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as , literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by ...
department in the
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region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
in northwestern
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. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune
La Hague La Hague () is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Gui ...
.


History

On 22 February 1941, an RAF reconnaissance
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aircraft from
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in south
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with Flying Officer William Kenneth Manifould (28 June 1918 - 10 April 1941) of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF spotted the
Freya radar Freya was an early warning radar deployed by Germany during World War II; it was named after the Norse goddess Freyja. During the war, over a thousand stations were built. A naval version operating on a slightly different wavelength was also ...
nearby.


Geography

The commune contains four villages, Goury, Laye, La Valette and La Roche, as well as a lighthouse. It is separated from Alderney by the Raz Blanchard, and has a small and not easily accessible port at Goury. Cadomian granit crop out in Auderville.Cadomian granit
Website ''Lithothèque de Normandie''.


Population


Heraldry


See also

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Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 445 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Former communes of Manche History of telecommunications in France History of telecommunications in Germany Populated coastal places in France Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast Telecommunications in World War II {{Cherbourg-geo-stub