Canton of Évrecy

Évrecy (French pronunciation: [evʁəsi] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France situated on the River Guigne. It was almost entirely destroyed on 15 June 1944 by 223 Royal Air Force Lancaster and 100 Halifax heavy bombers, with 14 Mosquito light bombers. At Évrecy the headquarters of the Wehrmacht’s Twelfth Panzer Division was destroyed, and 130 out of 430 civilians were killed, the highest proportion in any community during the Battle of Normandy.

Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ɔnɔʁin dy fɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Gavrus (French pronunciation: [ɡaˈvʁy]) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Bougy is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Esquay-Notre-Dame (French pronunciation: [ɛkɛ nɔtʁ dam] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Baron-sur-Odon (French pronunciation: [baʁɔ̃ syʁ ɔdɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.The inhabitants of the commune are known as Baronnais or Baronnaises.The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.

The Second Battle of the Odon comprised operations fought by the British Second Army during the Second World War. Attacks took place in mid-July 1944 against Panzergruppe West, as part of the Battle of Normandy. Operations Greenline and Pomegranate were intended to draw German attention away from Operation Goodwood, an attack from the Orne bridgehead on 18 July. The British wanted to prevent the Germans from withdrawing panzer divisions from opposite the Second Army to create an armoured reserve which could oppose the First US Army during the Operation Cobra offensive in the west. The operations in the Odon valley kept three German armoured divisions in the front line west of Caen, away from the Goodwood battlefield, east of the Orne.

Maizet (French pronunciation: [mɛzɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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

Tourville-sur-Odon (French pronunciation: [tuʁvil syʁ ɔdɔ̃] , literally Tourville on Odon) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Mondrainville (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃dʁɛ̃vil] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy région in northwestern France.

Grainville-sur-Odon (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɛ̃vil syʁ ɔdɔ̃] , literally Grainville on Odon) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.