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Colleville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Colleville on Sea'') is a commune in the Calvados
* Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Colleville-sur-Mer.
* Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Colleville: dated to the 12th or 13th century, a historical monument since 1840.
* Overlord Museum is located in Colleville-sur-Mer.
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in Normandie region in northwestern France.
History
It was originally a farm owned by a certain ''Koli'', a Scandinavian settler in the Middle Ages. It shares the same etymology as the other Colleville in Normandy. During the conquest of England by William the Conqueror or following it, Gilbert de Colleville was given lands in England, it was from this Knight that the modern de Colville/Colvin/(Calvin in France,) family would develop, also including Clan Colville in Scotland and the Barony de Colville, of Castle Bytham in England. The beach next to the coastal village was one of the principalbeachhead
A beachhead is a temporary line created when a military unit reaches a landing beach by sea and begins to defend the area as other reinforcements arrive. Once a large enough unit is assembled, the invading force can begin advancing inland. The ...
s during the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, designated Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach was one of five beach landing sectors designated for the amphibious assault component of operation Overlord during the Second World War. On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded German-occupied France with the Normandy landings. "Omaha" r ...
.
Population
Sights
* Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Colleville-sur-Mer.
* Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Colleville: dated to the 12th or 13th century, a historical monument since 1840.
* Overlord Museum is located in Colleville-sur-Mer.
See also
* Colleville-Montgomery *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):''American D-Day: Omaha Beach, Utah Beach & Pointe du Hoc''
– Film taken from a low flying propeller plane. British Tours.
How to visit Colleville-sur-Mer in one day from Paris.
Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Populated coastal places in France {{Calvados-geo-stub
– Film taken from a low flying propeller plane. British Tours.
How to visit Colleville-sur-Mer in one day from Paris.
Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Populated coastal places in France {{Calvados-geo-stub