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Buron is a village in
Buron
Villages in Normandy {{Calvados-geo-stub
Buron is a village in France
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about 6 kilometres north-west of Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
of Cairon
Cairon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune of Cairon is situated in Normandy, in Calvados, 5 kilometers to the north-west of Caen.
The Mue river and its tributary the V ...
, Rosel and Saint-Contest
Saint-Contest () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
Administration Mayors of Saint-Contest
International relations
Saint-Contest is twinned with:
* Marchwood, near Southa ...
in Calvados.
History
Buron was the site of two major battles, one on June 7, 1944, and another duringOperation Charnwood
Operation Charnwood was an Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place from 8 to 9 July 1944, during the Battle for Caen, part of the larger Operation Overlord (code-name for the Battle of Normandy) in the Second World War. The operation was int ...
on July 8, 1944, when the Highland Light Infantry of Canada
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. In 1965, the regiment was amalgamated with The Scots Fusiliers of Canada to form The Highland Fusiliers of Canada (now The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada).
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liberated the town from defending elements of the 12th SS Panzer Division.
References
External links
*1944, The Battle of NormandyBuron
Villages in Normandy {{Calvados-geo-stub