Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives

E895136

Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives is a small commune in the Orne department of northwestern France, known for its rural setting and historical role in the closing stages of the Battle of Normandy during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
administrativeDivisionType commune
administrativeStatus commune
areaSquareKilometers 6.85
battlefieldOf Allied–German fighting in August 1944
belongsTo French Republic NERFINISHED
climate oceanic climate
country France
department Orne NERFINISHED
elevationMaxMeters 148
elevationMinMeters 74
governingBody municipal council of Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives
hasCommemoration memorials related to the Falaise Pocket
hasFeature farmland
hedgerows
rural landscape
hasHeritage World War II battlefield site
hasHistoricalPeriod occupied France during World War II
hasINSEEcode 61415
hasMayor Jean-Pierre Bellenger NERFINISHED
hasPopulationCharacteristic small rural population
hasPostalCode 61160
hasReligiousBuilding church of Saint-Lambert NERFINISHED
hasTransport local road network
historicalEvent Battle of Normandy NERFINISHED
Falaise Pocket NERFINISHED
landUse agricultural
language French
locatedIn Normandy NERFINISHED
Orne department NERFINISHED
Pays d’Auge NERFINISHED
north of the Orne department
Western France
surface form: northwestern France
locatedNear Chambois NERFINISHED
Trun NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Dives River NERFINISHED
mayoralTerm 2020–2026
namedAfter Saint Lambert NERFINISHED
notableFor role in closing of the Falaise Pocket in 1944
partOf arrondissement of Argentan NERFINISHED
canton of Argentan-2 NERFINISHED
region Normandy NERFINISHED
timeZone CEST
CET
usesCurrency euro

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trun near Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives