Port-en-Bessin
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Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, seen from above the Vauban Tower
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Location within Normandy region
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
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| Coordinates: 49°20′42″N 0°45′14″W / 49.345°N 0.7539°WCoordinates: 49°20′42″N 0°45′14″W / 49.345°N 0.7539°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux | |
| Canton | Bayeux | |
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| • Mayor (2008—2014) | Pierre-Albert Cavey | |
| Area1 | 7.56 km2 (2.92 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 2,080 | |
| • Density | 280/km2 (710/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14515 /14520 | |
| Elevation | 0–74 m (0–243 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
The commune contains the two towns of Port-en-Bessin and Huppain.
The name Huppain stems from Norse/Norwegian Oppheim, reflecting the general Viking history of Normandy.
The town was captured by Royal Marines of No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando in Operation Aubery during the Normandy landings and used as the terminal for PLUTO (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean).
Port-en-Bessin was used to represent nearby Ouistreham in the 1962 film The Longest Day.
Église Saint-Nicolas de Villiers-sur-Port
Bridge and port of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, by Georges Seurat, 1888
General Montgomery with Army and Royal Navy officers in Port-en-Bessin, 10 June 1944 in the Normandy Campaign
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