Saonnet

History

The Littry coal mines operated several mine shafts in the town between the end of the 18th century and the middle of the 19th century. During the Battle of Normandy, the Allies built an airfield here.

Geography

Saonnet is located thirteen kilometers west of Bayeux, in the regional natural park of the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin. It is crossed by the river Tortonne. The climate that characterizes the town is qualified, in 2010, as "french oceanic climate", according to the typology of the climates of France which then had eight major types of climates in mainland France. In 2020, the town comes out of the "ocean climate" type in the classification established by Météo-France, which now only counts, at first glance, five main types of climates in mainland France. This type of climate results in mild temperatures and relatively abundant rainfall (in connection with the disturbances coming from the Atlantic), distributed throughout the year with a slight maximum from October to February. The climatic parameters that made it possible to establish the 2010 typology include six variables for temperature and eight for precipitation, whose values correspond to the 1971-2000 normal. The seven main variables characterizing the municipality are presented in the box below. {| align="center" bgcolor="#F8F8F8" | style="border: 1px solid #999 | ---- * Average annual temperature: 10.8 °C * Number of days with temperature below −5 °C: 1,7 j * Number of days with temperature above 30 °C: 0,7 j * Annual thermal amplitude: 11.4 °C * Annual total precipitation: 795 mm * Number of days of precipitation in January: 13,4 j * Number of days of precipitation in July: 8 j |} With climate change, these variables have evolved. A study carried out in 2015 by the Directorate General for Energy and Climate supplemented by regional studies predicts that the average temperature should increase and the average rainfall decrease, with, however, strong regional variations. These…

Most-observed species

• Common Cockle

  Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) · Bivalvia
  1,473
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  745
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  714
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  713
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  705
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  652
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  575
• Herring Gull

  Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 · Aves
  574

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2011-07-14
  62 km SSE of Ventnor, United Kingdom
• M 2.8 — 2007-11-06
  7 km SSW of Chanu, France
• M 3.5 — 2007-08-01
  2 km SSE of Blonville-sur-Mer, France
• M 2.6 — 2007-07-24
  15 km W of Étretat, France
• M 2.6 — 2007-05-22
  5 km N of Urville-Nacqueville, France
• M 3.3 — 2006-11-10
  20 km N of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France