Saint-Jouin-Bruneval


Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D139 and D111 roads. France's 2nd largest oil-tanker port and oil depot of ‘’Havre-Antifer’’ is entirely within the borders of the commune.

History

During World War II, Operation Biting was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942.

Population