Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a commune in Normandy, France, best known for its role in the D-Day landings as one of the first villages liberated by American forces.

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune
administrativeStatus commune of France
battlefieldArea Operation Overlord
commemorates American soldiers of D-Day
country France
department Manche
frontlineArea Utah Beach
surface form: Utah Beach sector
governedAs French commune
hasCoastline English Channel
hasEconomicActivity tourism
hasFeature bocage countryside
rural landscape
hasHeritage D-Day memorials
World War II monuments
surface form: World War II sites
hasINSEECODE 50505
hasMemorial American war memorials
hasMuseum Utah Beach Museum
hasPostalCode 50480
hasReligiousBuilding Église Notre-Dame de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
historicalEvent Battle of Normandy
surface form: Normandy landings

World War II
knownFor being one of the first villages liberated by American forces on D-Day
role in D-Day landings
language French
liberatedBy United States Army
liberatedDuring D-Day
liberatedOn 6 June 1944
localLanguageHistorical Norman
locatedIn Manche department
Normandy (administrative region)
surface form: Normandy

arrondissement of Cherbourg
canton of Carentan-les-Marais
historical province of Normandy
mainland France
Western France
surface form: northwestern France
locatedNear Utah Beach
locatedOn English Channel coast
nearbyCommune Audouville-la-Hubert
Beuzeville-au-Plain
Carentan-les-Marais
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
partOf Cotentin Peninsula
region Normandy (administrative region)
surface form: Normandy
religionHistoricalInfluence Roman Catholicism
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
tourismType heritage tourism
war tourism

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Utah Beach nearbyTown Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Utah Beach Museum locatedIn Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Angoville-au-Plain locatedNear Sainte-Marie-du-Mont