Sainte-Mère-Église

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Sainte-Mère-Église is a historic town in Normandy, France, best known as one of the first French towns liberated by Allied paratroopers during the D-Day landings in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune
town
country France
distanceToUtahBeach approximately 10 km
economyIncludes tourism
hasClimate oceanic climate
hasCommemoration annual D-Day ceremonies
hasCommemorativeSite monuments to U.S. paratroopers
hasCulturalRepresentation featured in film The Longest Day
hasFeature paratrooper effigy hanging from church steeple
hasHeritage World War II heritage
hasINSEECode 50523
hasLandmark Church of Sainte-Mère-Église
hasMemorial Airborne Museum
hasMuseum Airborne Museum
hasPopulationRange 1000-3000 inhabitants
hasPostalCode 50480
hasRegionCode Normandy administrative region
hasReligiousBuilding Roman Catholic parish church
hasRoadConnection D15 road
N13 road
hasTwinTown Sturminster Marshall
hasTypeOfGovernment communal council
hasWarGravesNearby Normandy American Cemetery region
historicalEvent Battle of Normandy
D-Day landings
linked to: D-Day
languageUsed French
liberatedBy Allied forces
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
liberationDate 1944-06-06
locatedIn Manche department
Normandy
northwestern France
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Utah Beach
locatedOn Cotentin Peninsula
namedAfter the Virgin Mary
linked to: Virgin Mary
notableFor being one of the first French towns liberated on D-Day
notablePersonAssociated John Steele
partOf arrondissement of Cherbourg
canton of Carentan-les-Marais
region of Normandy
regionDuringWWII German-occupied France
strategicImportance control of routes from Utah Beach inland
tourismBasedOn D-Day history
twinTownCountry United Kingdom
WWIIRole drop zone for U.S. paratroopers on D-Day

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Bastogne hasTwinTown Sainte-Mère-Église
Sainte-Mère-Église hasLandmark Church of Sainte-Mère-Église
linked to: Sainte-Mère-Église
Manche hasHistoricSite Sainte-Mère-Église
Gronau (Westf) twinTown Sainte-Mère-Église
Douve River valley nearbyCity Sainte-Mère-Église
Airborne Museum locatedIn Sainte-Mère-Église
Airborne Museum near Sainte-Mère-Église church
linked to: Sainte-Mère-Église
D15 road serves Sainte-Mère-Église
D15 road locatedIn Sainte-Mère-Église area
linked to: Sainte-Mère-Église
D15 road providesAccessTo historic town of Sainte-Mère-Église
linked to: Sainte-Mère-Église
John Steele placeOfActivity Sainte-Mère-Église
John Steele associatedWith Sainte-Mère-Église church
linked to: Sainte-Mère-Église