La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer

Commune in Normandy, France

La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

History

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942. On 6 June 1944, small boats simulated an invasion fleet headed towards the area as part of Operation Taxable.^[2]

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D950 roads. The commune borders the English Channel and has a beach and some spectacular limestone cliffs.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Shipping Forecast, Antifer in the French system refers to Wight in the British system.

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. Barbier, Mary Kathryn (2007). D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International. p. 70. ISBN 0-275-99479-1.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Photos of Cap d'Antifer cliffs