Étréham

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Étréham

|commune status = Commune

|image = Vue d'ensemble de la Ferme de la Marguerie et l'Église Saint-Romain d'Étréham DSCF2663.JPG

|caption = Farm of the Marguerie and St. Romanus church

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Étréham (Calvados).svg

|arrondissement = Bayeux

|canton = Trévières

|INSEE = 14256

|postal code = 14400

|mayor = Alain Cornière{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom

|coordinates = {{coord|49.3228|-0.7958|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 37

|elevation min m = 12

|elevation max m = 68

|area km2 = 4.24

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Étréham ({{IPA|fr|etʁeɑ̃}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern

France.

Toponymy

Oesterham in 1350.

Probably Old Saxon *wester or Old English westre related to "west" (Old High German westar, west-; see Westerham, Kent) and hām "home, hamlet"René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Presses Universitaires de Caen 1993. or, less probably, Old Saxon ōstar related to "east" (see Ouistreham). This place name corresponds to Saxon settlements in Bayeux and in the surrounding Bessin Region (the so-called Otlinga Saxonia) in the 5 - 6th century or to Anglo-Scandinavian settlements later in the 10th.

History

=World War II=

The village was bombed on 8 June 1944, two days after the D-Day landings, by the Big Red One (U.S. First Division). It was liberated one day later, and about 600 German soldiers were taken prisoner. After the liberation, the Allies used the place called Mont Cauvin in the same commune to store their oil until the conquest of Cherbourg.

Population

{{Historical populations

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1962|197|

1968|202|

1975|187|

1982|225|

1990|236|

1999|233|

2008|264

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References

Category:Communes of Calvados (department)

Category:Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia