distance = 31 km
driving time = 00H31
Paris/Bayeux by road is 266 Kms, just over a 3 hour drive
Caen is close to Bayeux. It is also not to terribly far from Omaha beach. Also, St. Lo
i think it is Caen, even though you never gave options.
The cities of Caen and Bayeux were mostly destroyed in June 1944.
Caen, Falaise, St Lo, Ouistrtreham, Bayeux, Villers-Bocage, and many others.
Caen is a major town IN Normandy.
You can't take a ferry from London to Caen. The nearest UK port for Caen (Ouisterham) is Portsmouth in Hampshire.
19 miles
Bayeux is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.
Calais and Caen are 345 km apart. The driving time is a little over 3 hours.
The tapestry - actually an embroidered cloth, not a true tapestry - has been in Bayeux, France, since at least 1476 when it appeared in an inventory of the cathedral's property. So far as anyone knows it has always been in Bayeux. It currently is in a special museum in Bayeux.
Caen's population is 112,790.
Caen's neighbor is the city of Bayeux located in the Normandy region of France. Bayeux is known for its famous Bayeux Tapestry, a historical embroidered cloth depicting events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.