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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Houesville

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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Houesville

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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Houesville

01:34

26.2km

180m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: June 21, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

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8.70 km

Sainte-Mère-l'Église

Highlight • Religious Site

The original church dating from the 11th to 13th centuries was largely destroyed during WWII when it was bombed to repel German snipers who had entrenched themselves in the steeple. …

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8.77 km

Airborne Museum

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Museums on the US airborne impact on the D-Day liberation invasion of 1944

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8.79 km

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

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During the night of June 5, 1944. A fire raged in this village. Everyone helps put out the fire. The light of the fire was then interpreted by an American …

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16.0 km

The Stone

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Historic monolith, resembling those erected during the Celtic period of the region, before the 8th century BC. This appears to be a replacement, marked in the 20th century.

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16.4 km

St Gilles

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Legend has it that Gilles (or Aegidius) was born in Greece (or at least into a Greek family) and came to be trained in the spiritual school of the famous …

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16.5 km

Houesville — km 8 Liberty Road 🇫🇷

Highlight • Historical Site

Quiet village along the route of the 1944 liberation forces. Its Church of Saint-Gilles, with its choir, dates from the sixteenth century.
wikimanche.fr/Houesville
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houesville

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19.6 km

House having served as a command post during D-Day to the Germans in a first step, then to the Americans during the confrontation between the 2 formations of parachutists. Today it is a museum retracing this fight.

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20.7 km

Marais de Pommenauque

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Great trail with bird watching

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26.2 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.3 km

774 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.3 km

3.50 km

178 m

< 100 m

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Monday 22 June

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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Houesville

Sainte-Mère-l'Église

Airborne Museum

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

The Stone

St Gilles

Houesville — km 8 Liberty Road 🇫🇷

Dead Man's Corner Museum

Marais de Pommenauque

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