Mont Pinçon is the highest point of the Department of Calvados, in Normandy, with an elevation of 362 metres (1,188 ft).[1] It is in the west of Norman Switzerland about 30 kilometres (20 mi) to the south-west of Caen, near the village of Plessis-Grimoult.
Mont Pinçon | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 362 m (1,188 ft) |
Coordinates | 48°58′17″N 00°37′36″W |
Geography | |
Location | Calvados, Normandy, France |
Parent range | Armorican Massif |
It was the site of many strategic battles in the Battle of Normandy with the Allied attack in Operation Bluecoat.[2] In 1956, Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF, now TDF) installed a transmitter pylon over 200 metres (660 ft) high, which still serves most of the Basse-Normandie region.[3]
![Thumb](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Mont-pincon-installation-tdf.jpg/640px-Mont-pincon-installation-tdf.jpg)
- "User site with pictures of the TDF installation" (in French). Retrieved 2009-04-15.
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