Juno Beach Centre
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dr. Alexander Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
February and November: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
March—April and September—October: 9:30 AM—6:00 PM
May—August: 9:30 AM—7:00 PM - Email: contact@junobeach.org
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in France
- Address: Voie des Français Libres, Courseulles-sur-Mer, 14470
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cinéma de la Gare and 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 350 metres southeast of 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 is situated 1½ km east of Juno Beach Centre.
Centre d’incendie et de secours de Courseulles-sur-Mer
Fire station
Photo: Remiforall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centre d’incendie et de secours de Courseulles-sur-Mer is a fire station, which is situated 370 metres south of Juno Beach Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Courseulles-sur-Mer and Reviers.
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.
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 4 km south of Juno Beach Centre.
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 Juno Beach Centre.
Juno Beach Centre
- Categories: military museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.3364° or 49° 20′ 11″ northLongitude
-0.46167° or 0° 27′ 42″ westInception
June 6th, 2003Levels
1Open location code
8CXX8GPQ+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 69698258OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q12060923
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to French—“Juno Beach Centre” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Centro Juno Beach”
- French: “Centre Juno Beach”
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Highlights include Juno Park and Bassin à Flot.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Juno Beach Centre”. Photo: Dr. Alexander Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0.