Étréham

Étréham
Étréham
Commune
	Farm of the Marguerie and St. Romanus church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Étréham
	Étréham Étréham
	Coordinates: 49°19′22″N 0°47′45″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Trévières
Intercommunality	CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Cornière[1]
Area 1	4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2020)[2]	330
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14256 /14400
Elevation	12–68 m (39–223 ft) ; (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Étréham (French pronunciation: [etʁeɑ̃]) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Toponymy

Oesterham in 1350.

Probably Old Saxon *wester or Old English westre related to "west" (Old High German westar, west-; see Westerham, Kent) and hām "home, hamlet"[3] or, less probably, Old Saxon ōstar related to "east" (see Ouistreham). This place name corresponds to Saxon settlements in Bayeux and in the surrounding Bessin Region (the so-called Otlinga Saxonia) in the 5 - 6th century or to Anglo-Scandinavian settlements later in the 10th.

History

World War II

The village was bombed on 8 June 1944, two days after the D-Day landings, by the Big Red One (U.S. First Division). It was liberated one day later, and about 600 German soldiers were taken prisoner. After the liberation, the Allies used the place called Mont Cauvin in the same commune to store their oil until the conquest of Cherbourg.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	197	—
1968	202	+2.5%
1975	187	−7.4%
1982	225	+20.3%
1990	236	+4.9%
1999	233	−1.3%
2008	264	+13.3%

References

"Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
"Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Presses Universitaires de Caen 1993.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2020-2] "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

[3] René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Presses Universitaires de Caen 1993.