Sottevast | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Cherbourg |
Canton: | Bricquebec-en-Cotentin |
Insee: | 50579 |
Postal Code: | 50260 |
Mayor: | Jean-Pierre Tollemer[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Cotentin |
Coordinates: | 49.5236°N -1.5931°W |
Elevation M: | 46 |
Area Km2: | 10.82 |
Sottevast (in French pronounced as /sɔtva/) is a commune in Normandy in north-western France.
Sottevast | |
Partof: | Nazi Germany |
Location: | France |
Type: | bunker |
Used: | captured before being used |
Battles: | Operation Crossbow |
See main article: Sottevast V2 bunker. During World War II, there was a German storage and servicing bunker for V-weapons near Sottevast.[2] The site was captured by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division during the Normandy campaign.