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Mont Pinçon is the highest point of the department of Calvados, in Normandy, with an elevation of 362 metres (1,188 ft). 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
Mont Pinçon Location in France
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. 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.

External links

• "User site with pictures of the TDF installation" (in French). Retrieved 2009-04-15.

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[fr] Mont Pinçon

Le mont Pinçon est le plus haut point du département du Calvados en Normandie avec une altitude de 365 mètres. Il est situé à l'ouest de la Suisse normande à une trentaine de kilomètres au sud-ouest de Caen, près du village du Plessis-Grimoult.

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