Courseulles-sur-Mer
Courseulles-sur-Mer, commonly known as Courseulles, is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Until 1957, the town's name was simply Courseulles.Places of Interest
Highlights include Juno Beach and Juno Beach Centre.
Juno Beach
Battlefield
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War.
Juno Beach Centre
Museum
Photo: Dr. Alexander Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Juno Beach Centre is a museum located in Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Calvados region of Normandy, France. It is situated immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno, the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6 June 1944.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reviers and Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer.
Reviers
Village
Photo: Burtonpe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reviers is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, in northwestern France. It lies 4 km south of Courseulles-sur-Mer and 15 kn northwest of Caen. Reviers is situated 3½ km south of Courseulles-sur-Mer.
Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer
Village
Photo: Pimprenel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer is situated 4½ km southwest of Courseulles-sur-Mer.
Courseulles-sur-Mer
- Type: Locality with 4,160 residents
- Also known as: “14191”
- Location: Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.3328° or 49° 19′ 58″ northLongitude
-0.4578° or 0° 27′ 28″ westPopulation
4,160Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8CXX8GMR+4VGeoNames ID
6427168
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Courseulles-sur-Mer” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “滨海库尔瑟莱”
- French: “Courseulles-sur-Mer”
- Kazakh: “Курсель-сюр-Мер”
- Russian: “Курсёль-сюр-Мер”
- Serbian: “Курсел на Мору”
- Ukrainian: “Курсель-сюр-Мер”
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