Port-en-Bessin-Huppain

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Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
Commune
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, seen from above the Vauban Tower
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°20′42″N 0°45′14″W / 49.345°N 0.7539°W / 49.345; -0.7539Coordinates: 49°20′42″N 0°45′14″W / 49.345°N 0.7539°W / 49.345; -0.7539
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Bayeux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Van Roye
Area 1	7.56 km2 (2.92 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,940
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14515 /14520
Elevation	0–74 m (0–243 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
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 (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃ ypɛ̃] (listen)) 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.

Population[]

History[]

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).^[2]

Media[]

Tablet of D-Day

Port-en-Bessin was used to represent nearby Ouistreham in the 1962 film The Longest Day.^[3]

Sister cities[]

• Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, (France), since 1976.^[4]

See also[]

• Communes of the Calvados department

Gallery[]

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  Église Saint-Nicolas de Villiers-sur-Port

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  Bridge and port of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, by Georges Seurat, 1888

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  General Montgomery with Army and Royal Navy officers in Port-en-Bessin, 10 June 1944 in the Normandy Campaign

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