Saint-Marcouf | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Cherbourg |
Canton: | Valognes |
Insee: | 50507 |
Postal Code: | 50310 |
Mayor: | Jean-Claude Legoupil[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Cotentin |
Coordinates: | 49.4739°N -1.2894°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Area Km2: | 13.38 |
Saint-Marcouf (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ maʁkuf/) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.[2]
During the Second World War, a German coastal battery near the village was bombed but fired on Allied forces landing on Utah Beach on D-Day and again on 8 June before being silenced by US battleships.
See main article: Crisbecq Battery.