Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Normandy
Detourmap lists 68 places in Normandy, France, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Omaha Beach. 61 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 68
- Oldest
- Roman baths of Alauna 100
- Little known
- 61 of 68
- Share of France
- 3%
Normandy 68
All 68, best known first.
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1.Omaha Beach
Nature · Renowned
1944 one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France
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2.Utah Beach
Nature · Notable
1944 code name for the right flank of the Allied landing beaches in Normandy
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5.Royal Saint-Peter's abbey of Jumièges
Archaeological · 11th century · Notable
Abbey located in Seine-Maritime, in France
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11.Lillebonne Gallo-Roman theater
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Roman theatre in Normandy, France
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15.Nécropole néolithique de Fleury-sur-Orne
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in France
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25.Tumulus de Colombiers-sur-Seulles
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Tumulus in Colombiers-sur-Seulles, France
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26.Dolmen de la Loge aux Sarrazins
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Dolmen in Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, France
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31.Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Menhir in Bény-sur-Mer, France
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53.Roman baths of Alauna
Archaeological · 1st century · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Alleaume, France
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54.Ensemble des vestiges gallo-romains du Centre hospitalier de Lisieux
Archaeological · Hidden gem
French public garden
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64.Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Nazi Germany bunker for launching for V-1 flying bombs in Équeurdreville-Hainneville near Cherbourg, France
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65.Sottevast V2 bunker
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
WWII bunker complex for launching V2-weapons in Sottevast near Cherbourg, in Normandy, France built by the forces of Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944
Elsewhere in France
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Normandy?
Omaha Beach. 1944 one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Normandy?
68: 56 archaeological & historic sites and 12 nature & landscapes. 61 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Normandy?
Roman baths of Alauna, dated to 100. 3 of the 68 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Normandy here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Normandy if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Normandy is a first-level division of France, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.