Port-en-Bessin-Huppain

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Commune of Commune of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
Location
Longitude 00° 45' 14" W
Latitude 49° 20' 42" N
Administration
Country France
Region Basse-Normandie
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Ryes
Statistics
Altitude 0 m–74 m
(avg. 50 m)
Land area¹ 7.56 km²
Population²
(1999)
2,139
 - Density () 282/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 14515/ 14520
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France.

The commune contains the two villages of Port-en-Bessin and Huppain.

Paintings by Georges Seurat, 1888: