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Coordinates: 49°17′24″N 0°26′03″W / 49.29°N 0.434166666667°W
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Commune of Bény-sur-Mer |
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| Location | |
  Bény-sur-Mer
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Creully |
| Intercommunality | Orival |
| Mayor | Hubert Delalande (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 10–65 m (33–210 ft) (avg. 43 m/140 ft) |
| Land area1 | 6.65 km2 (2.57 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 316 (1999) |
| - Density | 48 /km² (120 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14062/ 14440 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bény-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France.
World War II
Bény-sur-Mer was liberated on D-Day by Le Régiment de la Chaudière, the only French-speaking unit to take part in Operation Overlord. There was a gun battery located near the town at the time. The locals were apparently amazed to have been liberated by fellow francophones, expecting only English-speaking troops.
The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, named after Bény-sur-Mer even though it is closer to Reviers, commemorates Canadian losses suffered on D-Day 1944 and subsequent battles early in World War II. The cemetery has 2049 headstones.
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