Carentan-les-Marais

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commune of France

Carentan-les-Marais is a commune in the Manche department of Normandy in northwestern France, known for its historic role in the D-Day landings and its extensive marshland landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
connectedBy road network between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach ⓘ
country France ⓘ
departmentCode 50 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Angoville-au-Plain ⓘ
Brévands ⓘ
Carentan ⓘ
Houesville ⓘ
Brévands ⓘ
surface form: Les Veys

Saint-Côme-du-Mont ⓘ
hasAdministrativeStatus commune ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Norman architecture ⓘ
religious buildings ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEnvironment protected natural areas ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasFormerName Carentan ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature bocage landscape ⓘ
canals ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
polders ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent Battle of Carentan ⓘ
hasHydrography Douve River valley ⓘ
Douve River valley ⓘ
surface form: Taute River valley
hasRailwayStation Carentan station ⓘ
hasTourismType memory tourism related to World War II ⓘ
nature tourism in marshlands ⓘ
knownFor extensive marshland landscapes ⓘ
historic role in the D-Day landings ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ
Manche department ⓘ
Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin ⓘ
locatedInPartOfCountry northwestern France ⓘ
locatedInRegion Normandy ⓘ
nearbyDdayBeaches Omaha Beach ⓘ
Utah Beach ⓘ
partOf D-Day landing area ⓘ
railwayLine Paris–Cherbourg railway ⓘ
regionCapitalDistance approximately 60 km from Caen ⓘ
subprefectureOf arrondissement of Saint-Lô ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Old Norman ⓘ
surface form: Norman
wasStrategicObjectiveFor Allied forces in June 1944 ⓘ

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

Manche → containsCity → Carentan-les-Marais ⓘ
Cotentin Peninsula → containsTown → Carentan-les-Marais ⓘ
Bastogne → hasTwinTown → Carentan-les-Marais ⓘ
Carentan → mergedInto → Carentan-les-Marais ⓘ