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Urville-Nacqueville
Sign in to saveUrville-Nacqueville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague. It is an amalgam of two pre-existing villages, which were both heavily damaged by Allied bombardments during World War II (close to a radar station, Nacqueville was almost obliterated, and its church was dynamited by the German army in 1944).
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Urville-Nacqueville was a commune in the Manche department of Normandy, France. It was situated in the arrondissement of Cherbourg and the canton of Beaumont-Hague, later associated with the canton of la Hague. The area covered 11.58 square kilometers and bordered Gréville-Hague, Branville-Hague, Sainte-Croix-Hague, and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. Located near the English Channel, the commune had an elevation of 148 meters above sea level.
The population was recorded as 2,172, with a postal code of 50460. Urville-Nacqueville was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and replaced by the commune of La Hague. Its official website was urville-nacqueville.fr.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Urville-Nacqueville is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to France, World War II and time zone.
It is catalogued under the topic Former communes of Manche.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Hague
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,307
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Urville-Nacqueville
- French commune.image
- Plage_Urville-Nacqueville.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Houses along the beach
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cherbourg
- French commune.canton
- La Hague
- French commune.commune
- La Hague
- French commune.INSEE
- 50611
- French commune.postal code
- 50460
- French commune.elevation m
- 38
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 148
- French commune.area km2
- 11.58
- French commune.population
- 1948
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Urville-Nacqueville
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Cherbourg
- Population
- 2067
- Area
- 11.58
- Elevation
- 73
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- English Channel
- Shares border with
- Querqueville
- Official website
- www.urville-nacqueville.fr
- Image
- Plage Urville-Nacqueville.jpg
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- Commons category
- Urville-Nacqueville
- postal code
- 50460
- replaced by
- La Hague
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Hague
- P8168
- Argyroderma
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Points of interest
- Heraldry
- See also
- References
Urville-Nacqueville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague. It is an amalgam of two pre-existing villages, which were both heavily damaged by Allied bombardments during World War II (close to a radar station, Nacqueville was almost obliterated, and its church was dynamited by the German army in 1944).
The village was originally about 1 km inland, with only a few fishing huts on the long beach. In the beginning of the 20th century, the coastal strip was developed as a resort, along with a 'Village Normande' (totally destroyed in World War II) for tourists next to the original hamlet. Suburban infill then gave the village of Urville-Nacqueville its current footprint.
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