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Coordinates: 49°20′42″N 0°45′14″W / 49.345°N 0.753888888889°W
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Commune of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain |
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| Location | |
  Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Ryes |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–74 m (0–240 ft) (avg. 50 m/160 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.56 km2 (2.92 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,139 (1999) |
| - Density | 283 /km² (730 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14515/ 14520 |
| 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. | |
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.
The commune contains the two villages of Port-en-Bessin and Huppain.[citation needed]
Port-en-Bessin was used to represent nearby Ouistreham in the 1962 film The Longest Day.[citation needed]
See also
Artistic representation
Paintings by Georges Seurat, 1888:
 Bridge and port of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain |
 Port entrance of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain |
 Les Grues et la percée à Port-en-Bessin |
 Marine |
 Port-en-Bessin |
 Low tide in Port-en-Bessin. |
 Sunday in Port-en-Bessin. |
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