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Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
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.
Population
History
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).
Media
Port-en-Bessin was used to represent nearby Ouistreham in the 1962 film The Longest Day.
Sister cities
Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, (France), since 1976.See also
Gallery
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
Bessin
The Bessin is an area in Normandy, France, corresponding to the territory of the Bajocasses tribe of Gaul who also gave their name to the city of Bayeux, central town of the Bessin.
History
The territory was annexed by the count of Rouen in 924.
The Bessin corresponds to the former diocese of Bayeux, which was incorporated into the Calvados département following the French Revolution.
Ecology
Part of the Bessin is now administered as a national park for its importance as marshland.
Coordinates: 49°20′00″N 0°37′00″W / 49.3333°N 0.616667°W / 49.3333; -0.616667
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