Douvres-la-Délivrande

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Douvres-la-Délivrande
Commune
The church of Notre-Dame de la Délivrande in Douvres-la-Délivrande
Coat of arms
Location of Douvres-la-Délivrande
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Coordinates: 49°17′39″N 0°22′42″W / 49.2942°N 0.3783°W / 49.2942; -0.3783
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Courseulles-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de Nacre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Lefort[1]
Area 1	10.71 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,123
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14228 /14440
Elevation	17–58 m (56–190 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Douvres-la-Délivrande (French pronunciation: [duvʁ la delivʁɑ̃d] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The name was simply Douvres until 1961, when it was expanded to refer to the basilica Notre-Dame de la Délivrande ("Our Lady of Deliverance"), located in the town, a site of pilgrimage.

During the

Canadian troops who had landed nearby on 'Juno Beach' isolated the station but the Germans successfully defended it for 12 days, awaiting a counter-attack by Panzers; on one occasion it was resupplied with food via a nocturnal paradrop mission from Mont-de-Marsan.

On 17 June, a massive offensive by the British 41 Commando, Royal Marines - preceded by an artillery bombardment and supported by mine-clearing and anti-bunker tanks of 79th Armoured Division - secured the surrender of the garrison.

The radar site at Douvres-la-Délivrande is now home to a museum, with two of the bunkers housing displays about the evolution and role of radar. The museum also maintains a rare preserved example of the 'Würzburg' radar antenna.

The commune has a war cemetery with the graves of 1123 soldiers from both the Allied and Axis forces:

• 927 British
• 180 Germans
• 11 Canadians
• 3 Australians
• 1 Pole
• 1 unknown soldier

The commune is twinned with:

• Oerlenbach, Germany, since 2003
• Axminster, UK, since 1999

• Communes of the Calvados department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Douvres-la-Délivrande.

• Many photos of the radar site including the Würzburg Riese radar
• Official site