Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche

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Coordinates: 49°22′45″N 1°13′30″W / 49.379167, -1.225

Commune of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Location
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche (France)
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche
Administration
Country France
Region Basse-Normandie
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton Sainte-Mère-Église
Statistics
Elevation 34 m (avg.)
Land area¹ 26.98 km²
Population²
(1999)		 804
 - Density 29/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 50509/ 50480
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a small village and commune in the Manche department of Normandy in northwestern France. It is best known for being the scene of military engagement between the American 101st Airborne Division and the German Wehrmacht on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

The towering church of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
The towering church of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
A plaque paying tribute to the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division
A plaque paying tribute to the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division
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