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Saint-Valery en Caux
Saint-Valery en Caux
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Saint-Valery-en-Caux is a seaside town and commune of the Seine Maritime département, Haute-Normandie région, Normandy, located 30 km west of Dieppe and 30 km east of Fécamp.
It is said to have been founded by Benedictine monks in 990 CE. It is a small fishing port in a sheltered basin surrounded by high chalk cliffs, its main source of income is now tourism. It has a population of around 6,000.
It is best known as the place where the British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division and French troops surrendered to Rommel on June 12 1940. The town was largely destroyed in the fighting in 1940. During the action French Cavalry faced German tanks on horseback.
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