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. Population: 8,760. The following is a list of the 705 communes of the Calvados département in France. ... For the apple brandy produced in the region, see Calvados (spirit). ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Capital Caen Area 17,589 km² Regional President Philippe Duron (PS) (since 2004) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 17th) 1,443,000 1,422,193 82/km² (2004) Arrondissements 11 Cantons 141 Communes 1,812 Départements Calvados Manche Orne Notes: 1 This is the flag of Normandy... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ...

Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a scheduled cross-Channel ferry service to Portsmouth, operated by Brittany Ferries. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them. ... Jump to: navigation, search Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. ... Brittany Ferries is a French ferry company that runs ships between France, the UK, Ireland and Spain. ... Location within France Caen is a city and a commune of northwestern France. ...

Twinning

Ouistreham is twinned with the West Sussex village of Angmering West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... Angmering is a large village between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex, England. ...

History

On June 6, 1944, the only French forces involved in the D-Day landings (177 men of the Commando Kieffer) disembarked at Ouistreham. Jump to: navigation, search June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Philippe Kieffer (Port aux Princes (Haïti) 24 October 1899 - Cormeilles en Parisis, 20 November 1962) , capitaine de corvette, was a French officer and political personality, and one of the greatest heroes of the Free French Forces. ...

Monuments

• Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (literally the Museum of the Atlantic Wall)
• Musée du Débarquement n° 4 Commando (museum)