Sainte-Mère-Église

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commune town

Sainte-Mère-Église is a historic town in Normandy, France, best known as one of the first French towns liberated by Allied paratroopers during the D-Day landings in World War II.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sainte-Mère-Église canonical 9
Sainte-Mère-Église church 2
Church of Sainte-Mère-Église 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune ⓘ
town ⓘ
country France ⓘ
distanceToUtahBeach approximately 10 km ⓘ
economyIncludes tourism ⓘ
hasClimate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual D-Day ceremonies ⓘ
hasCommemorativeSite monuments to U.S. paratroopers ⓘ
hasCulturalRepresentation featured in film The Longest Day ⓘ
hasFeature paratrooper effigy hanging from church steeple ⓘ
hasHeritage World War II heritage ⓘ
hasINSEECode 50523 ⓘ
hasLandmark Sainte-Mère-Église self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Church of Sainte-Mère-Église
hasMemorial Airborne Museum ⓘ
hasMuseum Airborne Museum ⓘ
hasPopulationRange 1000-3000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasPostalCode 50480 ⓘ
hasRegionCode Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy administrative region
hasReligiousBuilding Roman Catholic parish church ⓘ
hasRoadConnection D15 road ⓘ
N13 road ⓘ
hasTwinTown Sturminster Marshall ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment communal council ⓘ
hasWarGravesNearby Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Normandy American Cemetery region
historicalEvent Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings
languageUsed French ⓘ
liberatedBy Allied forces ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
liberationDate 1944-06-06 ⓘ
locatedIn Manche department ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Utah Beach ⓘ
locatedOn Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: the Virgin Mary
notableFor being one of the first French towns liberated on D-Day ⓘ
notablePersonAssociated John Steele ⓘ
partOf arrondissement of Cherbourg ⓘ
canton of Carentan-les-Marais ⓘ
region of Normandy ⓘ
regionDuringWWII German-occupied France ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes from Utah Beach inland ⓘ
tourismBasedOn D-Day history ⓘ
twinTownCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
WWIIRole drop zone for U.S. paratroopers on D-Day ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Bastogne → hasTwinTown → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
Sainte-Mère-Église → hasLandmark → Sainte-Mère-Église self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of Sainte-Mère-Église
Manche → hasHistoricSite → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
Gronau (Westf) → twinTown → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
Douve River valley → nearbyCity → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
Airborne Museum → locatedIn → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
Airborne Museum → near → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sainte-Mère-Église church
canton of Carentan-les-Marais → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
canton of Carentan-les-Marais → hasHistoricSiteInTerritory → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
D15 road → serves → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
D15 road → locatedIn → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sainte-Mère-Église area
D15 road → providesAccessTo → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic town of Sainte-Mère-Église
John Steele → placeOfActivity → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
John Steele → associatedWith → Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sainte-Mère-Église church