D-Day Landing Beaches
Also known as Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944, D-Day beaches, D-Day landing beaches, D-Day Normandy beaches, Normandy battle beaches, Normandy beaches, Plages du débarquement, Plages du debarquement allie en Normandie, Plages du débarquement allié en normandie, Plages du débarquement allié en Normandie
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
France
Inscribed
2026
List reference
1581
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
D-Day Landing Beaches is about 45 km north-west of Caen. The nearest other World Heritage site is Le Havre, about 75 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Caen · about 190,000 peopleabout 45 km south-east
- Cherbourg · about 61,000 peopleabout 65 km north-west
- Le Havre · about 242,000 peopleabout 70 km east
- Rouen · about 533,000 peopleabout 140 km east
- Rennes · about 209,000 peopleabout 150 km south-west
- Dieppe · about 42,000 peopleabout 150 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
FranceCultural73 km away
FranceCultural94 km away
FranceCultural201 km away
United KingdomNatural212 km away
United KingdomCultural212 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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