Coudehard
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Coudehard
|commune status = Commune
|image = Coudehard, église.JPG
|caption = The church in Coudehard
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Argentan
|canton = Argentan-2
|INSEE = 61120
|postal code = 61160
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Terres d'Argentan Interco
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8442|0.1356|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 25
|elevation min m = 112
|elevation max m = 265
|area km2 = 8.52
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Coudehard ({{IPA|fr|kud(ə)aʁ|-|Fr-Coudehard.ogg}}) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Cour du Bosq and Coudehard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61160+Coudehard,+France/@48.8480712,0.0987203,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47e1faf06e9853dd:0x40c14484fb81d40!8m2!3d48.8547561!4d0.1336159!16s%2Fm%2F03qgr_x?entry=ttu|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}
The commune has the following streams running through its borders, the Secqueville, the Besion, the Foulbec, the Mont-Ormel and the Costillets.
{{Geographic location
| title = Neighbouring communes
|width=auto
|state=expanded
|Centre = Coudehard
|North = Les Champeaux
|Northeast = Camembert
|East = Mont-Ormel & Champosoult
|Southeast =
|South = Gouffern en Auge
|Southwest =
|West = Neauphe-sur-Dive
|Northwest =
}}
Points of Interest
Hill 262 is an area of high ground above the commune that is a site of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Battle of Falaise as part of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hill262.org/battle|title=To Battle|website=Hill 262}} This is where a single polish regiment, the 1st Armoured Division, held back the German forces for 3 days on their own to close the Falaise pocket, before being relieved by the Canadian Grenadier Guards.{{Cite web|url=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/polish-armys-heroic-stand-at-falaise/|title=Polish Army’s Heroic Stand at Falaise}} The Mémorial de Coudehard–Montormel museum, in the neighbouring commune of Mont-Ormel was constructed on the same site on the battle's 50th anniversary in 1994.{{cite web |url=http://www.memorial-montormel.org/?id=60 |title=Memorial Montormel - Museum |publisher=memorial-montormel.org |access-date=21 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724211833/http://www.memorial-montormel.org/?id=60 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}
See also
References
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