Arromanches-les-Bains

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Coordinates: 49°20′24″N 0°37′16″W / 49.34°N 0.621112°W / 49.34; -0.621112

Administration
Arromanches-les-Bains

Arromanches seen from Tracy-sur-Mer
Arromanches-les-Bains
Location within Lower Normandy region Arromanches-les-Bains
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Ryes
Intercommunality	Bessin, Seulles et Mer
Mayor	Patrick Jardin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–55 m (0–180 ft) (avg. 15 m/49 ft)
Land area¹	13.7 km² (5.3 sq mi)
Population²	552 (1999)
- Density	40 /km² (100 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14021/ 14117
Website	www.arromanches.com
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arromanches-les-Bains (or, simply Arromanches) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France.

It is located on the coast in the heart of the area where the Normandy landings took place on D-Day, on 6 June 1944.

1 Administration
2 Location
3 History
- 3.1 Heraldry
4 Additional Images
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Administration

Arromanches-les-Bains is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région. Its postal code is 14117.

[edit] Location

Arromanches-les-Bains is situated approximately 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Caen. Neighbouring towns include Port-en-Bessin and Courseulles-sur-Mer.

[edit] History

Image of the remaining caissons from the mulberry harbour at Arromanches at sunset. Four caissons are in the background and one is in the midground.

The town lies along the stretch of coastline designated as Gold Beach during the D-Day landings , one of the beaches used by British troops in the Allied invasion. Arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry Harbours built on the Normandy coast, the other one built further West at Omaha Beach. Sections of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches still remain today with huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand, and more can be seen further out at sea.

Today Arromanches is mainly a tourist town. Situated in a good location for visiting all of the battle sites and War Cemeteries, there is also a museum at Arromanches with information about Operation Overlord and in particular, the Mulberry harbours.

Beach

[edit] Heraldry

	the arms of Arromanches-les-Bains are blazoned : Azure on an anchor or, a mullet argent in chief, two broken chains proper issuant in bend and in bend sinister, a chief gules a lion passant gardant or armed and langued azure.