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Location within Lower Normandy region
Bény-sur-Mer
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Creully |
| Intercommunality | Orival |
| Mayor | Hubert Delalande (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 10–65 m (33–213 ft) (avg. 43 m/141 ft) |
| Land area1 | 6.65 km2 (2.57 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 333 (2008) |
| - Density | 50 /km2 (130 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14062/ 14440 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bény-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
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Bény-sur-Mer was liberated on D-Day by Le Régiment de la Chaudière, the only French-speaking unit to take part in Operation Overlord. There was a gun battery located near the town at the time. The locals were apparently amazed to have been liberated by fellow francophones, expecting only English-speaking troops.
The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, named after Bény-sur-Mer even though it is closer to Reviers, commemorates Canadian losses suffered on D-Day 1944 and subsequent battles early in World War II. The cemetery has 2049 headstones.
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 296 | 288 | 272 | 270 | 278 | 316 | 333 |