Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
The commune contains the two towns of Port-en-Bessin and Huppain.
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
Église Saint-Nicolas de Villiers-sur-Port
Bridge and port of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, by Georges Seurat, 1888
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