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.

Aliases (1)

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	Church of Sainte-Mère-Église →
hasMemorial	Airborne Museum →
hasMuseum	Airborne Museum →
hasPopulationRange	1000-3000 inhabitants →
hasPostalCode	50480 →
hasRegionCode	Normandy administrative region →
hasReligiousBuilding	Roman Catholic parish church →
hasRoadConnection	D15 road → N13 road →
hasTwinTown	Sturminster Marshall →
hasTypeOfGovernment	communal council →
hasWarGravesNearby	Normandy American Cemetery region →
historicalEvent	Battle of Normandy → 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	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Manche →	hasHistoricSite
Sainte-Mère-Église ("Church of Sainte-Mère-Église") →	hasLandmark
Bastogne →	hasTwinTown