Juno Beach
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Juno Beach Centre and Cinéma de la Gare.
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. Juno Beach Centre is situated 1½ km west of Juno Beach.
Cinéma de la Gare
Movie theater
Photo: Karldupart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cinéma de la Gare is a movie theater, which is situated 1¼ km west of Juno Beach.
Town hall of Bernières-sur-Mer
Town hall
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Town hall of Bernières-sur-Mer is situated 1½ km east of Juno Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Courseulles-sur-Mer and Tailleville.
Courseulles-sur-Mer
Village
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Tailleville
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tailleville is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Juno Beach.
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 4½ km southwest of Juno Beach.
Juno Beach
- Type: Battlefield
- Description: landing area during Operation Overlord
- Categories: code name, geographic location, beach, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bernières-sur-Mer, Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.33712° or 49° 20′ 14″ northLongitude
-0.44077° or 0° 26′ 27″ westOpen location code
8CXX8HP5+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1778595978OpenStreetMap feature
historic=battlefieldWikidata ID
Q832409
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Juno Beach” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Juno-strand”
- Breton: “Juno Beach”
- Catalan: “Juno Beach”
- Catalan: “Platja Juno”
- Cebuano: “Juno Beach”
- Chinese: “朱诺海滩”
- Chinese: “朱諾海灘”
- Czech: “Juno Beach”
- Czech: “Pláž Juno”
- Danish: “Juno Beach”
- Dutch: “Juno Beach”
- Esperanto: “Juno Beach”
- Finnish: “Juno-ranta”
- French: “Juno Beach”
- French: “Plage Juno”
- German: “Juno Beach”
- Hungarian: “Juno Beach”
- Hungarian: “Juno partszakasz”
- Indonesian: “Pantai Juno”
- Italian: “Juno Beach”
- Japanese: “ジュノー・ビーチ”
- Japanese: “ジュノービーチ”
- Korean: “주노 해변”
- Lombard: “Juno Beach”
- Luxembourgish: “Juno Beach”
- Panjabi: “ਜੁਨੋ ਤੱਟ”
- Polish: “Plaża Juno”
- Portuguese: “Praia de Juno”
- Russian: “Джуно-Бич”
- Russian: “Пляж «Джуно»”
- Russian: “Пляж Джуно”
- Spanish: “Playa de Juno”
- Swedish: “Juno Beach”
- Tamil: “ஜூனோ கடற்கரை”
- Thai: “หาดจูโน”
- Ukrainian: “Плацдарм «Джуно»”
- Western Frisian: “Juno Beach”
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