Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is a war cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the later stages of the Battle of Normandy, France, in the Second World War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery located in Calvados, in France
Photo: Remiforall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Remiforall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Remiforall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Remiforall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town hall of Cintheaux and Église Saint-Germain.
Town hall of Cintheaux
Town hall
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Town hall of Cintheaux is situated 610 metres south of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Église Saint-Germain
Church
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Église Saint-Germain is a church, which is situated 570 metres south of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Église Notre-Dame de Quilly
Community center
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Église Notre-Dame de Quilly is a community center, which is situated 2 km southwest of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil and Gouvix.
Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil
Village
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France, approximately 17 kilometres southeast of Caen. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Castelet.
Gouvix
Village
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Gouvix is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Gouvix is situated 3 km south of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Urville
Village
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Urville is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France. Iron mining was an important industry in the village until 1989. The village was at the head of a mineral railway linking the iron mines to the SMN steel mills. Urville is situated 4 km south of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Cintheaux, Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.06026° or 49° 3′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.29299° or 0° 17′ 35″ westOpen location code
8CXX3P64+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 107218806OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q2972657
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