Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany. It contains the remains of 4,410 of World War II American soldiers, most of whom died in the Normandy and Brittany campaigns of 1944.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Memorial
- Description: cemetery located in Manche, in France
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle du cimetière militaire américain de Saint-James and Château de la Paluelle.
Chapelle du cimetière militaire américain de Saint-James
Church
Chapelle du cimetière militaire américain de Saint-James is a church, which is situated 120 metres east of Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial.
Château de la Paluelle
Castle
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The Château de la Paluelle is a large estate manor located in the town of Saint-James, Normandy. Built as early as the 11th century during the reign of William the Conqueror, the chateau is a listed historical monument of the French Republic. Château de la Paluelle is situated 1 km northwest of Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial.
Église Saint-Jacques
Church
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Église Saint-Jacques is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-James and Carnet.
Saint-James
Village
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Saint-James is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, the former communes of Argouges, Carnet, La Croix-Avranchin, Montanel, Vergoncey and Villiers-le-Pré were merged into Saint-James.
Carnet
Village
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Carnet is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Saint-James. Carnet is situated 4 km west of Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial.
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault
Village
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Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault is situated 4½ km east of Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial.
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
- Categories: cemetery, military museum, military cemetery, and historic site
- Location: Montjoie-Saint-Martin, Arrondissement of Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.51889° or 48° 31′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.30377° or 1° 18′ 14″ westOpen location code
8CWWGM9W+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 189216025OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q2972653
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Hungarian—“Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Bered ha Kounlec’h Amerikan Breizh”
- Breton: “Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial”
- Breton: “Brittany American Cemetery”
- Dutch: “Amerikaanse militaire begraafplaats Saint-James”
- French: “Brittany American Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière américain de Saint-James”
- French: “cimetière militaire américain de Saint-James”
- French: “Cimetière militaire américain de Saint-James”
- Hungarian: “Bretagne-i amerikai katonai temető”
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