Vienne-en-Bessin | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Vienne-en-Bessin.svg |
Arrondissement: | Bayeux |
Canton: | Bayeux |
Insee: | 14744 |
Postal Code: | 14400 |
Mayor: | Rémi Françoise[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Bayeux Intercom |
Coordinates: | 49.28°N -0.6086°W |
Elevation M: | 34 |
Elevation Min M: | 17 |
Elevation Max M: | 67 |
Area Km2: | 4.10 |
Vienne-en-Bessin (in French pronounced as /vjɛn ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃/, literally Vienne in Bessin) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
During the latter stages of the Battle of Normandy it was the home of the British Army 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division's battle school.