Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche
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Commune of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg-Octeville |
| Canton | Sainte-Mère-Église |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 34 m (avg.) |
| Land area¹ | 26.98 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
804 |
| - Density | 29/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 50509/ 50480 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a small village and commune in the Manche department of Normandy in northwestern France. It is best known for being the scene of military engagement between the American 101st Airborne Division and the German Wehrmacht on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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