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View of the Marais de la Chuque – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Écausseville

View of the Marais de la Chuque – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Écausseville

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View of the Marais de la Chuque – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Écausseville

02:35

65.3km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

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Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

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Bus stop

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32.3 km

German cemetery

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39.9 km

View of the Marais de la Chuque

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Magnificent walk in the surrounding marshes, in a quite unique landscape! Discovery of a facet of Normandy.

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44.1 km

Camp geronimo (Sainte-Mère-Eglise)

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It feels like it, really not to be missed in June. In memory of our saviors.

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44.7 km

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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44.8 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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54.2 km

Saint-Marcouf Fountain

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The water from the Saint-Marcouf fountain is said to have the property of treating “cold” or “scroful” humors. In the Middle Ages, cervical abscesses were called this way.

The kings of France had the gift of healing them by touch. This gift was transmitted to them by Saint-Marcouf, a local hermit from the 6th century. This Norman anchorite is the founder of the abbey of Nanteuil near Coutances.

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55.2 km

Crisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)

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It is one of the German batteries of the Atlantic Wall, the most powerful of the D-Day beaches. You can visit no fewer than 22 blockhouses and learn more about this strategic site from which the first cannon shot was fired at dawn on June 6, 1944.

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65.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

63.3 km

1.08 km

676 m

322 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

65.3 km

< 100 m

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Sunday 12 July

21°C

17°C

21 %

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View of the Marais de la Chuque – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Écausseville

German cemetery

View of the Marais de la Chuque

Camp geronimo (Sainte-Mère-Eglise)

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

Paratrooper Memorial at Sainte-Mère-Église

Saint-Marcouf Fountain

Crisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)

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