Port-en-Bessin-Huppain () is a commune in the Calvados department in the

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in northwestern

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

Population

History

The name ''Huppain'' stems from

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/ Norwegian ''Oppheim'', reflecting the general Viking history of Normandy. The town was captured by Royal Marines of

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in Operation Aubery during the Normandy landings and used as the terminal for

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(Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean).

Media

Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Calvados, Tablet of the D-day

Port-en-Bessin was used to represent nearby

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in the 1962 film '' The Longest Day''.

Sister cities

* Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, (

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Gallery

File:Ancien château de Villiers-sur-Port à Huppain.jpg,

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File:Ancienne église de Villiers-sur-Port à Huppain.jpg, Église Saint-Nicolas de Villiers-sur-Port Image:Georges Seurat 011.jpg, ''Bridge and port of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain'', by

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