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Saint-Jean-des-Essartiers Destination Guide

Delve into Saint-Jean-des-Essartiers in France

Saint-Jean-des-Essartiers in the region of Basse-Normandie with its 160 residents is a city in France - some 145 mi or ( 234 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital .

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Current time in Saint-Jean-des-Essartiers is now 01:25 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: London, Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham, and Trungy. While being here, make sure to check out London . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Saint-Jean-des-Essartiers ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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St. Elmo's fire 'static charges' over France at 20000 feet

0:48 min by fly4fun
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Heavy rain caused a build up of static electricity going into while on approach to Paris. This static is occasionally followed by some wild colors, known as St. Elmo's fire. Wrote about this trip in m ..

Scable in the Normandy

1:26 min by neon1301
Views: 1876 Rating: 5.00

Lena and Anka doing scable during our last summer holiday in Bavent/France at the Viaduc de la Souleuvre. ..


Le Souterroscope des ardoisières

0:35 min by BocageNormand
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Visite insolite du monde souterrain, dans cette ancienne mine d'ardoise de Caumont-l'Eventé en Normandie - Calvados. www.bocage-normand.com ..

Scable in the Normandy

1:30 min by neon1301
Views: 1086 Rating: 5.00

Miri and Silke doing scable during our last summer holiday in Bavent/France at the Viaduc de la Souleuvre. The dummbabbler in the background is Jens. :) ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Souleuvre Viaduct

Viaduc de la Souleuvre is a well-known permanent bungee jumping facility in La Ferrière-Harang, Normandy, France. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:48|57|3.72|N|00|51|50.29|W|type:landmark_region:FR-14_scale:3000 |primary |name= }}

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Located at 48.95 -0.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Bridges completed in 1893, Bridges in France, Buildings and structures in Calvados, Demolished bridges, Viaducts, Visitor attractions in Calvados, Visitor attractions in Lower Normandy

Lower Normandy

Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy.

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Located at 49.00 -1.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Lower Normandy, NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union, Regions of France

Battle of Villers-Bocage

The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place during the Second World War on 13 June 1944, one week after the Allies landed in Normandy to begin the liberation of German-occupied France. The battle was the result of a British attempt to improve their position by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in the German defences to the west of the city of Caen.

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Located at 49.08 -0.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: 1944 in France, Battle for Caen, Battle honours of the Rifle Brigade, Battles of World War II involving Germany, Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom, Conflicts in 1944, Military history of Normandy, Tank battles

Operation Perch

Operation Perch was a British offensive of the Second World War which took place between 7 and 14 June 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. The operation was intended to encircle and seize the German occupied city of Caen, which was a major Allied objective in the early stages of the invasion of northwest Europe. A combination of fierce German resistance and failures at the British command level foiled the operation before its objectives were achieved.

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Located at 49.08 -0.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Battle for Caen, Battles of World War II involving Germany, Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom

Lignerolles Airfield

Lignerolles Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Lignerolles in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France. Located just outside of Lignerolles (likely to the northwest of the commune), the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 6 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion.

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Located at 49.18 -0.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in France, World War II airfields in France