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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | Trévières |
| Mayor | Alain Cornière (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 12–68 m (39–223 ft) (avg. 37 m/121 ft) |
| Land area1 | 4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 264 (2008) |
| - Density | 62 /km2 (160 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14256/ 14400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Étréham is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
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Probably Saxon or Old English wester, west and hām, home, hamlet. 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.
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.
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 197 | 202 | 187 | 225 | 236 | 233 | 264 |