Bréville-les-Monts | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Bréville-les-Monts.svg |
Arrondissement: | Lisieux |
Canton: | Cabourg |
Insee: | 14106 |
Postal Code: | 14860 |
Mayor: | Jean-Marc Paiola[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge |
Coordinates: | 49.2408°N -0.2261°W |
Elevation M: | 65 |
Elevation Min M: | 11 |
Elevation Max M: | 63 |
Area Km2: | 4.75 |
Bréville-les-Monts (in French pronounced as /bʁevil le mɔ̃/) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It was the location for the Battle of Bréville fought by the 6th Airborne Division during the Second World War.
The town was formerly called Bréville, and was officially renamed Bréville-les-Monts on August 26, 2004.[2]