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Ouistreham
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| Commune of Ouistreham | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00°14,7 N |
| Latitude | 49°20, N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Ouistreham |
| Mayor | André Ledran |
| Statistics | |
| Population² (1999) |
8,759 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14488/ 14150 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Ouistreham is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France.
Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft. It serves as the port of the city of Caen.
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The name Ouistreham derives from the Saxon Waster Ham, or "western village", and it has been a trading port since the Middle Ages ; now the harbour is a part of "Port de Caen-Ouistreham".
Since the beginning of the 20th century, it is a bathing beach on the "Riva Bella".
On June 6, 1944, the only French forces involved in the D-Day landings (177 men of the Commando Kieffer) disembarked at Ouistreham (Sword Beach).
- Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (literally the Museum of the Atlantic Wall)
- Musée du Débarquement n° 4 Commando (museum)
The port of Ouistreham has a scheduled cross-Channel ferry service to Portsmouth, operated by Brittany Ferries.
Ouistreham is twinned with the West Sussex village of Angmering
The assault on Ouistreham was featured in the movie The Longest Day.
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