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Ranville
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Place details
- Locality
- Ranville
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,982
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Ranville
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- FranceNormandieRanvilleEgliseClocher.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The belltower of the church in Ranville
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Fam Fr Guernon.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lisieux
- French commune.canton
- Cabourg
- French commune.INSEE
- 14530
- French commune.postal code
- 14860
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Luc Adélaïde
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge
- French commune.elevation m
- 26
- French commune.elevation min m
- 1
- French commune.elevation max m
- 49
- French commune.area km2
- 8.42
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ranville
- Population
- 2055
- Area
- 8.42
- Elevation
- 22
- Official website
- www.ranville.fr
- Image
- FranceNormandieRanvilleEgliseClocher.jpg
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- Ranville
- postal code
- 14860
- male population
- 898
- female population
- 907
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-31-78-76-08
- fax number
- +33-2-31-78-00-52
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Ranville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Ranville was the first French village liberated on D-Day. The village was liberated by the British 13th Parachute Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard. The château du Heaume in the village was subsequently used by the headquarters of the British 6th Airborne Division.
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Calvados
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