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Omaha Beach
The most fiercely contested D-Day landing beach of June 6, 1944, now a solemn memorial site overlooking the English Channel.
32 km · about 35 min drive
Normandy, France · Europe
Saint-Lô sits on the route: 10 minutes from Pont-Hébert, 42km from D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514).
Saint-Lô is a town located in Normandy, France. With a population of 21,722, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Saint-Lô sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Saint-Lô to your route.
Saint-Lô (US: , French: [sɛ̃ lo] ; Breton: Sant Lo) is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
Although it is the second largest city of Manche after Cherbourg, it remains the prefecture of the department. It is also chef-lieu of an arrondissement and two cantonsRead more
(Saint-Lô-1 and Saint-Lô-2). The place name derives from that of a local saint, Laud of Coutances.
The commune has 19,471 inhabitants as of 2023 who are called Saint-Lois(es) in French. The names of Laudois(es), Laudien(ne)s or Laudinien(ne)s are also cited. A martyr city of World War II, Saint-Lô was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1948 and was given the nickname "Capital of the Ruins", a phrase popularised by Samuel Beckett.
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Saint-Lô is located in Normandy, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.1162 latitude, -1.0903 longitude.
Saint-Lô has a population of approximately 21,722 people, making it a town in France.
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landmark
The most fiercely contested D-Day landing beach of June 6, 1944, now a solemn memorial site overlooking the English Channel.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Rows of white marble crosses above Omaha Beach honour the fallen of the 1944 Normandy landings.
32 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Cratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
33 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
A soaring Norman-Gothic cathedral in the first town liberated in 1944, home town of the famous tapestry.
33 km · about 40 min drive
coastal drive
The coast road threading the five 1944 landing beaches from Utah to Sword, past Arromanches' Mulberry harbour remains, gun batteries and memorials: Normandy's essential remembrance drive.
42 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A miniature Alps of green gorges and rocky bluffs along the River Orne, beloved by drivers and climbers.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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