Bancs du Grand Vey
Bancs du Grand Vey is a tidal flat in Normandy, France. Bancs du Grand Vey is situated nearby to the hamlet Pouppeville, as well as near the village Géfosse-Fontenay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Réserve naturelle nationale du domaine de Beauguillot and Utah Beach Museum.
Réserve naturelle nationale du domaine de Beauguillot
Nature reserve
Photo: Crochet.david, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Réserve naturelle nationale du domaine de Beauguillot is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Géfosse-Fontenay and Brucheville.
Géfosse-Fontenay
Village
Photo: Buffoleo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Géfosse-Fontenay is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Géfosse-Fontenay is situated 4½ km southeast of Bancs du Grand Vey.
Brucheville
Village
Photo: Xfigpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brucheville is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais. It is located at the south east corner of the Cherbourg peninsula, about 90 km east of Caen. Brucheville is situated 4½ km west of Bancs du Grand Vey.
La Madeleine
Hamlet
La Madeleine is a hamlet of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont village in North-western France which was one anchor point of the Utah Beach landings on the D-Day invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europa, 6 June 1944. La Madeleine is situated 4½ km northwest of Bancs du Grand Vey.
Bancs du Grand Vey
- Type: Tidal flat
- Also known as: “Bancs du Grand Vay”
- Category: landform
- Location: Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.3851° or 49° 23′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.145° or 1° 8′ 42″ westOpen location code
8CXW9VP3+2XGeoNames ID
3014933
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pouppeville and Fontenay-sur-le-Vey.
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