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

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

01:33

39.2km

170m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 26, 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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662 m

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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4.10 km

Cotentin and Bessin Marshes Regional Natural Park

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do winter to enjoy the white marsh

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11.3 km

Major Richard D Winters Memorial

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If you like World War II history and the Band of Brothers series, you may want to visit the Major Richard D Winters Memorial, a monument dedicated to the memory of all junior officers of the United States Army who served on D-Day. The monument is a 12-foot-high statue. The monument is a 12-foot-tall statue of Major Winters, who led Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division in several battles in Europe. The monument is located on the D913 between Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Utah Beach, two of the landing sites of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The monument bears an inscription that reads: "Wars do not make men great, but they bring out the greatness of good men."

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14.7 km

Statue of the Virgin Mary at the crossroads

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26.8 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. The modern stained glass window of the portal represents the air landing of American troops. The mannequin hanging from the end of his parachute hanging from the church spire recalls the tragic adventure of Private Steele, who was dropped on the night of June 6. For two hours, he pretended to be dead, while the alarm bells kept ringing below him.

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26.9 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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26.9 km

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

Highlight • Religious Site

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 plane pilot as being a sign that these passengers had been released. American paratroopers land by mistake in the town.

One of the paratroopers is carried by his parachute onto the church tower where he remains hanging for hours, while the fighting rages below him. This is one of the most incongruous stories of the landing of June 6, 1944. You discover this in this town that has become legendary for history buffs.

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27.0 km

Paratrooper Memorial at Sainte-Mère-Église

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The church is located in the square in the center of the village marked by history

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39.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

38.2 km

681 m

239 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

39.2 km

< 100 m

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Thursday 27 August

23°C

14°C

52 %

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

The Stone

Cotentin and Bessin Marshes Regional Natural Park

Major Richard D Winters Memorial

Statue of the Virgin Mary at the crossroads

Sainte-Mère-l'Église

Airborne Museum

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

Paratrooper Memorial at Sainte-Mère-Église

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