Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Calvados Département, Normandy, France
🇫🇷 Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in north-western France. The commune contains the two towns of Port-en-Bessin and Huppain.
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).
Media Port-en-Bessin was used to represent nearby Ouistreham in the 1962 film The Longest Day.
Europe/Paris/Calvados
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain has a population of over 1,940 people. Port-en-Bessin-Huppain also forms part of the wider Bayeux Arrondissement which has a population of over 73,466 people. Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is situated near Bayeux.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Port-en-Bessin-Huppain has links with:
🇵🇲 Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon🏴 Farnborough -0.75
🏴 High Wycombe -0.748
🏴 Maidenhead -0.72
🇫🇷 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne -0.709
🏴 Milton Keynes -0.756
🏴 Gainsborough -0.773
🏴 Chichester -0.774
🏴 Newark on Trent -0.8
🇫🇷 Fontenay-le-Comte -0.806
🏴 Newark-on-Trent -0.809
Locations Near: Port-en-Bessin-Huppain -0.75535,49.3436
🇫🇷 Saint-Lô -1.09,49.12 d: 34.8
🇫🇷 Vire Normandie -0.889,48.838 d: 57.1
🇫🇷 Coutances -1.444,49.049 d: 59.8
🇫🇷 Le Havre 0.108,49.495 d: 64.7
🇫🇷 Avranches -1.361,48.681 d: 85.9
🇫🇷 Cherbourg -1.62,49.63 d: 70.1
🇫🇷 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin -1.625,49.639 d: 70.9
Antipodal to: Port-en-Bessin-Huppain 179.245,-49.344
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19192.5
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19040.7
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19050.5
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19050.5
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19045.3
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19053.3
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19039.4
🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19254
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19143.7
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 18975.9