Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux | |
| Canton | Bayeux | |
| Community association | Bayeux intercom | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ W | |
| height | 0-74 m | |
| surface | 7.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,942 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 257 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14520 | |
| INSEE code | 14515 | |
| Website | www.portenbessin-huppain.fr | |
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Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is a French commune with 1,942 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Calvados department in the Normandy region . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Bayeux and the canton of Bayeux . The inhabitants are called portais .
geography
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is located on the coast of the English Channel in the so-called Seine Bay , nine kilometers northwest of Bayeux . Port-en-Bessin-Huppain is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Commes in the east, Maisons in the south, Étréham in the southwest and Aure sur Mer with Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in the west.
The former Route nationale 814 runs through the municipality .
history
A Roman fort, Grannona , may have stood here in the 4th and 5th centuries . It was part of the fortress chain of the Gallic part of the so-called Saxon coast and perhaps served as the headquarters of one of the section commanders , the Dux tractus Armoricani et Nervicani . Port-en-Bassin was first mentioned in 1035/1036 as Portu (for Latin Portus - "port"). Hupain is mentioned for the first time in the thirteenth century . In 1824 the municipality of Huppain was combined with the neighboring municipalities of Neuville-sur-Port and Villiers-sur-Port .
On June 8, 1944, the place was liberated as part of Operation Overlord . In 1972 the municipalities of Port-en-Bessin and Huppain were merged.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,737 | 1,891 | 2,388 | 2,332 | 2,308 | 2.139 | 1,958 | 2,039 |
Attractions
- Saint-André church in Le Port, built between 1880 and 1898 on the site of the earlier church from the 12th century
- Church of Saint Pierre in Huppain from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, Monument historique
- old church Saint-Nicolas in Villiers-sur-Port from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, Monument historique
- Notre-Dame-de-Saintes-Reliques church from the 13th century
- Castle of Villiers-sur-Port from the 13th century, monument historique
- Tower Vauban, built in 1694 as a bastion against pirates and against an English invasion, Monument historique
Community partnerships
With the overseas community of Saint-Pierre in Saint-Pierre is one since 1976 community partnership .
