Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer

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Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a coastal commune in Normandy, France, historically significant for its location at the heart of the D-Day landings during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
administrativeStatus commune
battlefield D-Day landing area
surface form: Normandy landings battlefield
beachSectorName Omaha Beach
surface form: Omaha Beach (Saint-Laurent sector)
closestMajorCity Bayeux
Caen
coastType sandy beach
country France
dateOfEvent 6 June 1944 (D-Day)
eventOccurredHere Operation Overlord
surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy

Operation Neptune
Operation Overlord
frontSector American sector of Normandy landings
hasCemeteryNearby Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
surface form: Normandy American military cemetery
hasCoastlineOn Baie de Seine
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism
hasMemorial Les Braves monument
Monument to the 1st Infantry Division
D-Day landing area
surface form: Omaha Beach memorials
hasNearbySite Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
heritageDesignation site of memory of World War II
historicallySignificantFor D-Day
surface form: D-Day landings

Omaha Beach
surface form: Omaha Beach landings
language French
liberatedBy Allied forces
United States Army
locatedIn Normandy (administrative region)
surface form: Basse-Normandie (former region)

Calvados department
Normandy (administrative region)
surface form: Normandy

Pays du Bessin
northwestern France
locatedOn English Channel
Omaha Beach
nearbyCommune Colleville-sur-Mer
Trévières
Vierville-sur-Mer
notableFor D-Day museums and memorials
World War II heritage tourism
partOf arrondissement of Bayeux
surface form: Arrondissement of Bayeux

Trévières canton
surface form: Canton of Trévières

D-Day landing beaches area
regionType coastal commune
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
WWIIRole central sector of Omaha Beach
landing zone for U.S. infantry divisions

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Omaha Beach near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Colleville-sur-Mer hasNearbyCommune Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer