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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.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.
1 History
- 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 .
2 Monuments
- Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (museum, literally the Atlantic Wall)
- Musée du Débarquement n° 4 Commando (museum)
Towns of Normandy
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