Bény-sur-Mer

Bény-sur-Mer
Chateau of Tournebu Chateau of Tournebu
Bény-sur-Mer
Location within Lower Normandy region Bény-sur-Mer
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Creully
Intercommunality	Orival
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hubert Delalande
Area1	6.65 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	333
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14062 / 14440
Elevation	10–65 m (33–213 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bény-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

World War II

Bény-sur-Mer was liberated on D-Day by Le Régiment de la Chaudière, a French Canadian unit. There was a gun battery located near the town at the time. The locals were surprised to have been liberated by fellow francophones, expecting only English-speaking troops.

The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, named after Bény-sur-Mer even though it is closer to Reviers, commemorates Canadian losses suffered on D-Day 1944 and subsequent battles early in World War II. The cemetery has 2,049 headstones.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	296	—
1968	288	−2.7%
1975	272	−5.6%
1982	270	−0.7%
1990	278	+3.0%
1999	316	+13.7%
2008	333	+5.4%

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Juno Beach – Le Régiment de la Chaudière on D-Day