Canton of Bayeux
The canton of Bayeux is an administrative division of the Calvados department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Bayeux.- Type: Locality with 13,500 residents
- Description: canton of France
- Also known as: “14047” and “canton of Bayeux”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bayeux Cathedral and Bayeux station.
Bayeux Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ndesmoul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux, is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. A national monument, it is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux and was probably the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry, still preserved nearby.
Bayeux station
Railway station
Photo: Captain Scarlet, Public domain.
Bayeux station is the train station for the town of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy. It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway. It is a small station with regional trains to Cherbourg, Caen, Paris and Granville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bayeux and Saint-Vigor-le-Grand.
Bayeux
Bayeux is a small town in northern France in Calvados department. Bayeux is best known for the remarkable Bayeux Tapestry that chronicles in visual form the conquest of England by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, in 1066.
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
Village
Photo: Pimprenel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Vaucelles
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaucelles is a commune located to the west of Bayeux in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Canton of Bayeux
- Category: canton of France
- Location: Arrondissement of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Tatar—“Canton of Bayeux” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kantoni Bayeux”
- Armenian: “Բայո”
- Armenian: “Բեյո”
- Basque: “Bayeux kantonamendua”
- Belarusian: “Баё”
- Breton: “Kanton Bayeux”
- Catalan: “Cantó de Bayeux”
- Chechen: “Байоь”
- Chinese: “巴约县”
- Czech: “Kanton Bayeux”
- Dutch: “kanton Bayeux”
- Dutch: “Kanton Bayeux”
- Esperanto: “Bayeux”
- Esperanto: “kantono Bayeux”
- French: “Bayeux”
- French: “canton de Bayeux”
- French: “Canton de bayeux”
- French: “Canton de Bayeux”
- French: “Canton De Bayeux”
- German: “Kanton Bayeux”
- Irish: “cantún Bayeux”
- Italian: “cantone di Bayeux”
- Italian: “Cantone di Bayeux”
- Luxembourgish: “Canton de Bayeux”
- Romanian: “Cantonul Bayeux”
- Russian: “Байё”
- Russian: “Бейё”
- Slovak: “Bayeux”
- Tatar: “Байё (кантон)”
- Tatar: “Байё”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hameau de La Rivière and Saint-Vigor-le-Grand.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palais épiscopal de Bayeux and Ancien château de Bayeux.
Calvados: Must-Visit Destinations
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