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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Ryes |
| Mayor | Pierre-Albert Cavey (2008—2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–74 m (0–243 ft) (avg. 50 m/160 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.56 km2 (2.92 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,080 (2008) |
| - Density | 275 /km2 (710 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14515/ 14520 |
| 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. | |
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
The commune contains the two towns of Port-en-Bessin and Huppain.
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| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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| Population | 580 | 540 | 628 | 550 | 630 | 674 | 676 | 782 | 842 | 812 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 870 | 928 | 1001 | 1020 | 1129 | 1164 | 1272 | 1354 | 1447 | 1443 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 1456 | 1335 | 1316 | 1408 | 1494 | 1314 | 1560 | 1737 | 1891 | 2388 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 2332 | 2308 | 2139 | 2080 |
Port-en-Bessin was used to represent nearby Ouistreham in the 1962 film The Longest Day.
Paintings by Georges Seurat, 1888: