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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Cap d'Antifer lighthouse 01.jpg
|caption            = [[Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse]]
|arrondissement     = Le Havre
|canton             = Octeville-sur-Mer
|INSEE              = 76508
|postal code        = 76280
|mayor              =
|term               =
|intercommunality   = [[Le Havre Seine Métropole]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|49.6722|0.1892|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 105
|elevation min m    = 0
|elevation max m    = 114
|area km2           = 5.81
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Seine-Maritime]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] region in northern [[France]].
==History==
During [[World War II]], [[Operation Biting]] (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful [[Combined Operations (United Kingdom)|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. On 6 June 1944, small boats simulated an invasion fleet headed towards the area as part of [[Operation Taxable]].<ref name=Barbier>{{cite book|last1=Barbier|first1=Mary Kathryn|title=D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion|date=2007|publisher=Praeger Security International|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=0-275-99479-1|page=70|edition=1. publ.}}</ref>
==Geography==
A [[farming]] village in the [[Pays de Caux]], some {{convert|12|mi|km}} north of [[Le Havre]], at the junction of the D111 and D950 roads. The commune borders the [[English Channel]] and has a beach and some spectacular [[limestone]] cliffs.
==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76508#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |269
|1975 |273
|1982 |314
|1990 |304
|1999 |316
|2007 |364
|2012 |445
|2017 |453
}}
==Places of interest==
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
* The [[Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse]].
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Seine-Maritime department]]
*[[Shipping Forecast]], ''Antifer'' in the French system refers to ''Wight'' in the British system.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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*[http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/France/North/Haute-Normandie/La_Poterie-Cap-d_Antifer/ Photos of Cap d'Antifer cliffs]
{{Seine-Maritime communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in France]]
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