Sites Catalogue
Beaches, memorials, cemeteries, museums and fortifications of the Landings and the Battle of Normandy.
BeachOmaha Beach
American Sector • Colleville-sur-Mer
The deadliest landing beach, now overlooked by the American Cemetery.
BeachUtah Beach
American Sector • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
The westernmost landing, the launchpad toward Cherbourg's liberation.
BunkerPointe du Hoc
American Sector • Cricqueville-en-Bessin
The cliff stormed by Colonel Rudder's Rangers.
VillageSainte-Mère-Église
Airborne Sector • Sainte-Mère-Église
The first village liberated by the 82nd Airborne paratroopers.
MemorialPegasus Bridge
British Sector • Bénouville
The bridge seized by British glider troops in the early hours of 6 June.
MemorialArromanches – Mulberry Harbour
British Sector • Arromanches-les-Bains
Remains of the British artificial harbour — a logistical feat of the Landings.
MuseumCaen Memorial Museum
British Sector • Caen
The major museum dedicated to war, peace and 20th-century history.
BeachJuno Beach
Canadian Sector • Courseulles-sur-Mer
The Canadian sector: the courage and heavy toll of the 3rd Infantry Division.
BunkerLongues-sur-Mer Battery
British Sector • Longues-sur-Mer
One of the few intact German batteries, with its original guns still in place.
BeachSword Beach
British Sector • Ouistreham
The easternmost beach, assaulted by British troops and Free French commandos.
BeachGold Beach
British Sector • Ver-sur-Mer
The central British sector, key to the junction with Canadian forces.
CemeteryNormandy American Cemetery
American Sector • Colleville-sur-Mer
9,388 white headstones overlooking Omaha Beach — an essential place of remembrance.
CemeteryLa Cambe German War Cemetery
American Sector • La Cambe
Over 21,000 German soldiers rest beneath the dark headstones and the central tumulus.
CemeteryBayeux War Cemetery
British Sector • Bayeux
The largest Commonwealth cemetery in France, facing the war reporters' memorial.
CemeteryBény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
Canadian Sector • Reviers
2,048 Canadian soldiers who fell in the days following the Juno landings.
BunkerAzeville Battery
American Sector • Azeville
Four casemates disguised as Norman houses, taken after three days of fighting.
BunkerCrisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)
American Sector • Saint-Marcouf
The battery that sank the USS Corry on the morning of 6 June.
BunkerMerville Battery
British Sector • Merville-Franceville-Plage
Objective of Lt. Col. Otway's 9th Parachute Battalion, neutralised at dawn.
BunkerMaisy Battery
American Sector • Grandcamp-Maisy
A vast artillery complex forgotten and rediscovered in the 21st century.
MuseumThe Grand Bunker – Atlantic Wall Museum
British Sector • Ouistreham
A 17-metre German fire-control bunker, fully restored inside.
MemorialÉcausseville Airship Hangar
American Sector • Écausseville
A 1919 concrete hangar, used by the Luftwaffe and then the US Army.
MuseumAirborne Museum
Airborne Sector • Sainte-Mère-Église
Europe's largest museum dedicated to the US airborne troops.
MuseumUtah Beach Landing Museum
American Sector • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
A B-26 Marauder bomber at the heart of a museum built into a German bunker.
MuseumOverlord Museum
American Sector • Colleville-sur-Mer
Tanks, half-tracks and reconstructed scenes, next door to the American Cemetery.
MuseumArromanches 360 Circular Cinema
British Sector • Arromanches-les-Bains
A 360° immersive film on the 100 days of the Battle of Normandy.
MuseumJuno Beach Centre
Canadian Sector • Courseulles-sur-Mer
The Canadian D-Day museum, Canada's only national memorial in Normandy.
MuseumPegasus Memorial Museum
British Sector • Ranville
The original Pegasus bridge and a full-scale Horsa glider replica.
MemorialGraignes Memorial Church
Airborne Sector • Graignes-Mesnil-Angot
The ruins of a church where villagers and US paratroopers resisted side by side.
MemorialMontormel Memorial — Falaise Pocket
Canadian Sector • Montormel
Hill 262, the Polish stronghold that sealed the Falaise Pocket in August 1944.
MemorialLa Fière Bridge and “Iron Mike”
Airborne Sector • Sainte-Mère-Église
The Merderet causeway, scene of the fiercest US airborne fighting.
MemorialAngoville-au-Plain Church
Airborne Sector • Angoville-au-Plain
Two US medics treated Allies and Germans alike inside this church.
CemeteryPolish War Cemetery, Grainville-Langannerie
Canadian Sector • Urville — Grainville-Langannerie
France's only Polish war cemetery, 696 soldiers of the Maczek division.
MemorialHill 112
British Sector • Esquay-Notre-Dame
“Who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy” — the British ordeal of July 1944.
MemorialArdenne Abbey
Canadian Sector • Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
The garden where twenty Canadian prisoners were murdered in June 1944.
BunkerDouvres Radar Station
British Sector • Douvres-la-Délivrande
The last major preserved German radar site, held until 17 June 1944.
MuseumDead Man's Corner, Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Airborne Sector • Saint-Côme-du-Mont
The German command post turned US airborne museum.
VillageTilly-sur-Seulles, Martyred Village
British Sector • Tilly-sur-Seulles
Captured and lost twenty-three times between 7 and 19 June 1944.
VillageVernon
American Sector • Eure
Town in Eure participating in the European Heritage Days.
VillageSaint-Ouen-d'Attez
American Sector • Eure
Village in Eure hosting a notable cultural venue.
VillageBayeux
American Sector • Bayeux
Bayeux is a historic Norman town, famous for its tapestry and cathedral.
MuseumMusée des impressionnismes Giverny
American Sector • Giverny
The Musée des impressionnismes in Giverny highlights collections and themes specific to the Impressionist movement.
MuseumRai Energy Museum
American Sector • Rai, Orne
A museum dedicated to the history of energy and machines, located in Rai.
VillageBains des Docks
American Sector • Le Havre
An aquatic complex in Le Havre.
MuseumMusée de Picardie
American Sector • Amiens
Art museum located in Amiens, featuring diverse collections.
VillageConches-en-Ouche
American Sector • Eure
Charming commune in the Eure department, hosting a conference on the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris.
VillageLe Fournil Sipma
American Sector • Gasny
A Norman farm bakery
VillageSaint-Lô
American Sector • Manche
Historic town in La Manche
VillageNational Stud Farm of Saint-Lô
American Sector • Saint-Lô
Historic stud farm in Saint-Lô
VillageFreneuse
American Sector • Normandie
Norman village hosting a Viking reenactment.
BunkerFormer sub-prefecture of Sainte-Menehould
American Sector • Sainte-Menehould
A historic building currently undergoing preservation in Sainte-Menehould.
VillageSainte-Menehould
American Sector • Marne
Historic town housing the former sub-prefecture.
VillageHautmont
American Sector • Hautmont, France
A town in Northern France, site of a commemorative Sherman tank installation.
MemorialJumièges Abbey
American Sector • Jumièges, Seine-Maritime
A jewel of Norman architecture
VillageAuthon-du-Perche
American Sector • Eure-et-Loir
Village in Eure-et-Loir, offering digital workshops and board game afternoons.
VillageScène en mer (cultural venue)
American Sector • Belleville-sur-Mer
Cultural venue in Belleville-sur-Mer
VillageLongues-sur-Mer Abbey
American Sector • Longues-sur-Mer
Former Benedictine abbey in Calvados, known for a proposed relocation project in the early 20th century.
MuseumDieppe Castle Museum
American Sector • Dieppe
A museum housed in a historic castle in Dieppe, participating in Impressionist art exhibitions.
VillageVajradhara-Ling Temple
American Sector • Aubry-le-Panthou
A Buddhist place of worship in the heart of Normandy, which hosted relics of the Buddha Shakyamuni.
VillageThiron-Gardais
American Sector • Thiron-Gardais
A Percheron village, host to the launch of the 2026 Heritage Mission.
MuseumLes Muséales de Tourouvre-au-Perche
American Sector • Tourouvre-au-Perche
Les Muséales de Tourouvre-au-Perche open their doors for free.
MuseumBayeux Tapestry Museum
American Sector • Bayeux
Permanent exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry.
VillageGoury SNSM Station Shelter
American Sector • Goury, La Hague
The historic shelter of the Goury SNSM station, recently renovated.
VillageLe Rozel (Pou archaeological site)
American Sector • Manche
A major Paleolithic site in Normandy.
VillageChâteau de Flamanville
American Sector • Manche
Château de Flamanville, a gem of the Cotentin peninsula.
MuseumMuseum of Fine Arts of Rouen
American Sector • Rouen
Iconic art museum in Rouen, which hosted a monumental sculpture.
VillageChurch of Crépon
American Sector • Crépon
A historic church hosting cultural events.
VillageAuberville
British Sector • Calvados
Village in Calvados honoring the Piron Brigade.
VillageBarfleur
American Sector • Cotentin
Historic port village in the Cotentin peninsula.
VillageChâteau de Mesnil Geoffroy
American Sector • Seine-Maritime
A castle in Seine-Maritime featuring the largest rose garden in Normandy.
VillagePourville-sur-Mer
American Sector • Seine-Maritime
Coastal village in Seine-Maritime
VillageVillers-Bocage
American Sector • Calvados
A Norman village located near Villy-Bocage.
VillageVilly-Bocage
American Sector • Calvados
A Norman village hosting the cultural space 'L'Atelier'.
VillageL'Hôme-Chamondot
American Sector • Orne
Village in Orne linked to the Resistance
CemeteryL'Hôme-Chamondot Cemetery
American Sector • L'Hôme-Chamondot
Memorial site for resistance fighters executed in 1944
VillageChâteau de la Fresnaye
American Sector • Normandie
A Norman castle hosting artistic workshops.
VillageGiverny
American Sector • Eure
Emblematic village of the Eure
MuseumAquarium of Granville
British Sector • Granville
A renovated aquarium in Granville.
VillageNez de Jobourg Caves
American Sector • Nez de Jobourg
Hidden caves at the foot of La Hague cliffs.
VillageSaint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Canadian Sector • Calvados, Normandie
Coastal village in Calvados honoring a Canadian D-Day veteran.
Petites Cités de Caractère (heritage towns)
MancheVilledieu-les-Poêles
Town of coppersmiths and bell founders, famous for its historic bell foundry.
Villedieu has lived to the rhythm of metal since the 12th century: the Cornille-Havard foundry still casts cathedral bells, while coppersmiths hammer away in the town's distinctive inner courtyards. Half a day is enough for the foundry, the Poeslerie museum and the granite lanes, less than an hour from the landing beaches.
- Manche
Regnéville-sur-Mer
Former estuary harbour with a medieval castle and seaside lime kilns.
A former harbour on the Sienne, Regnéville keeps the ruins of its medieval castle and a striking row of lime kilns facing the bay. At low tide the vast foreshore reveals sandbanks still fished on foot, while the maritime museum recounts the lime trade with England.
- Manche
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Fortress and abbey in the heart of the Cotentin, near the airborne sites.
Saint-Sauveur's fortress, captured and recaptured during the Hundred Years' War, overlooks the Douve and the Benedictine abbey linked to writer Barbey d'Aurevilly. It is a natural stop between Utah Beach and the Cotentin airborne sites, with a large park and marsh-lined towpaths.
- Manche
Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
Fourteenth-century polygonal keep above a Cotentin market town.
Its 14th-century polygonal keep, one of very few in France, watches over a market square busy every Monday since the Middle Ages. The curtain wall, the crypt and the nearby Trappist abbey make a quiet stop in the heart of the Cotentin, twenty minutes from the west-coast dunes.
- Manche
Torigni-sur-Vire
Matignon château and ponds, minutes from the battle's bocage country.
Home of the Matignon family, ancestors of Monaco's princes, Torigni lines up its rebuilt château, its ponds and its tapestries in classic bocage country. Badly hit in 1944, the town carries memorial panels recalling the hedgerow fighting that followed D-Day.
- Orne
Domfront-en-Poiraie
Hilltop medieval town with ramparts and half-timbered houses.
Perched on a rocky spur above the Varenne, Domfront unfolds ramparts, half-timbered houses and the ruins of William Talvas's castle. Below, the Romanesque church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau and the perry orchards frame this gastronomic capital of the Norman bocage.
- Orne
Mortagne-au-Perche
Capital of the Perche, with mansions and sweeping views over the hills.
Historic capital of the Perche, Mortagne lines up mansions, the Saint-Denis gate and an 11th-century crypt along a panoramic ridge. It is also the home of black pudding and the gateway to Perche trails winding past stud farms, manors and forests.
- Orne
Bellême
Perche stronghold bordered by one of France's finest beech forests.
A medieval stronghold turned classical retreat, Bellême charms with its 18th-century façades, fortified gate and viewpoint over the plain. The 2,400-hectare beech forest beside it is among France's finest, famed for its ceps and bridle paths.