Arromanches-les-Bains

E16193
coastal town commune

Arromanches-les-Bains is a coastal town in Normandy, France, best known for its role in the D-Day landings and the remains of the Mulberry artificial harbor just offshore.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Arromanches-les-Bains canonical 10
Arromanches 1
Arromanches Mulberry Harbour remains 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal town ⓘ
commune ⓘ
country France ⓘ
governedBy municipal council ⓘ
hasAttraction D-Day Museum of Arromanches ⓘ
surface form: Arromanches 360 circular cinema

clifftop viewpoints over artificial harbor ⓘ
hasClimate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual D-Day remembrance events ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature coastal cliffs ⓘ
sandy beach ⓘ
hasHeritage World War II memorials ⓘ
remains of wartime engineering works ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent construction of Mulberry B harbor in 1944 ⓘ
use as Allied supply port after D-Day ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod World War II ⓘ
hasMuseum D-Day Museum of Arromanches ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Bayeux ⓘ
Caen ⓘ
hasPostalCountry France ⓘ
hasRoleIn D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings
hasSite Mulberry B artificial harbor remains ⓘ
hasStructure concrete caissons offshore ⓘ
hasTourismType battlefield tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
seaside tourism ⓘ
hasViewOf remains of Mulberry harbor caissons ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
locatedIn Calvados department ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ
locatedNear Gold Beach ⓘ
locatedOn English Channel ⓘ
notableFor World War II history ⓘ
remains of Mulberry artificial harbor ⓘ
partOf Calvados department ⓘ
surface form: Bayeux arrondissement

D-Day beaches area ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy region
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
usedFor Mulberry harbor operations after D-Day ⓘ
wasLandingZoneFor British forces on D-Day ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Gold Beach → nearestTown → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
Gold Beach → usedMulberryHarbour → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mulberry Harbour "B" at Arromanches
Gold → notableTownSector → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
German 716th Infantry Division → frontSector → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division
this entity surface form: Arromanches
RAF Second Tactical Air Force → headquartersLocation → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy (forward HQ, 1944)
Ver-sur-Mer → locatedBetween → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
Ver-sur-Mer → hasNearbyHistoricalSite → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arromanches Mulberry Harbour remains
Calvados department → contains → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
D-Day Museum of Arromanches → locatedIn → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
D-Day Museum of Arromanches → nearbyFeature → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arromanches beach
Colleville-sur-Mer → locatedWestOf → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
Bayeux → locatedNear → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
Calvados → contains → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
Calvados → contains → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arromanches Mulberry harbour remains
Tracy-sur-Mer → locatedNear → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
Bessin → contains → Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ