Ranville

Ranville
Ranville
Commune
	The belltower of the church in Ranville
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ranville
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	Coordinates: 49°13′55″N 0°15′23″W / 49.2319°N 0.2564°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Cabourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Adélaïde
Area 1	8.42 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,982
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14530 /14860
Elevation	1–49 m (3.3–160.8 ft) ; (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ranville (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃vil] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Ranville was the first French village liberated on D-Day. The village was liberated by the British 13th Parachute Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard. The château du Heaume in the village was subsequently used by the headquarters of the British 6th Airborne Division.

The village features prominently in the book 13 - Lucky For Some which is about the history of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion. There are many then and now photographs as well as maps and diagrams of battles that took place in the region.