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Ouistreham is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14150. The INSEE code is 14488. Population: 8,760.
Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a scheduled cross-Channel ferry service to Portsmouth. It serves as the port of the city of Caen.
History
On June 6, 1944, it was in Ouistreham that the only the French forces involved in the D-Day landings disembarked, namely 177 men of the Commando Kieffer.
Monuments
- Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (museum, literally the Atlantic Wall)
- Musée du Débarquement n° 4 Commando (museum)
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