Amfreville, Calvados

Amfreville (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃fʁəvil] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Amfreville is considered to have been officially "liberated" from the German occupation of World War II on 6 June 1944.

Amfreville is understood to be the ancestral home of the Umfraville family of Anglo-Norman nobles who occupied England under William the Conqueror and his successors, and went on to become British nobility under the titles the Barons of Prudhoe and the Lords of Redesdale, and later also gained Scottish lands and the title Earl of Angus.

Party per pale, first Azure a soldier of Or suspended from a parachute argent all surmounted by a dove the same, in chief gules charged with two lions passant guardant one over the other; second of Vert with a garb of Or, in chief Azure with two fesse wavy in argent debruised by a barque contourned of Gules sailed the same.

List of Successive Mayors[4] Amfreville has twinning associations with:[5] The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amfrevillais or Amfrevillaises in French.

Commandos and 9th Battalion in Amfreville, June 1944
Arms of Amfreville
Arms of Amfreville
The Town Hall
The right bank of the Orne