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Manche
Cherbourg
Azeville

Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Azzeville Battery loop from Azeville

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Hiking trails & Routes
France
Manche
Cherbourg
Azeville

Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Azzeville Battery loop from Azeville

Hard

8

hikers

Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Azzeville Battery loop from Azeville

06:42

26.0km

120m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

Waypoints

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Parking

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8.33 km

Sainte-Mère-Église Market

Highlight • Settlement

The market always takes place on Thursday.

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2

8.42 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 …

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3

8.44 km

Airborne Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

Museums on the US airborne impact on the D-Day liberation invasion of 1944

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4

8.61 km

Saint-Méen Fountain in Sainte-Mère-Église

Highlight • Natural Monument

Under the name of Saint-Méen la Fontaine is located next to the church, in a small path to the northeast.
Méen, born in Cambrie (present-day Wales) at the end of …

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8.71 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. …

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21.0 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.

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21.7 km

Crisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)

Highlight • Historical Site

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 …

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25.9 km

Azzeville Battery

Highlight • Historical Site

Built by the Germans between 1941, this defense line constituted with its 170 men garrison an essential node at the Atlantic Wall. Located not far from Utah Beach, it was …

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26.0 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.6 km

11.1 km

3.19 km

181 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.5 km

9.70 km

3.80 km

979 m

< 100 m

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Thursday 9 July

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