Marais de Pommenauque – Carentan loop from Méautis

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Marais de Pommenauque – Carentan loop from Méautis

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Marais de Pommenauque – Carentan loop from Méautis

03:07

53.4km

280m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 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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29.9 km

Jardin du 508ème Régiment d'infanterie Parachutiste Américain

Forest

35.9 km

Viewpoint over La Grande Plaine

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The viewpoint over the Grande Plaine offers an exceptional panorama of the marshes and the Ouve river, where traditional barges transported goods. You can also admire the historic lime kilns …

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39.8 km

Houesville — km 8 Liberty Road 🇫🇷

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Quiet village along the route of the 1944 liberation forces. Its Church of Saint-Gilles, with its choir, dates from the sixteenth century.
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40.3 km

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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40.7 km

St Gilles

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Legend has it that Gilles (or Aegidius) was born in Greece (or at least into a Greek family) and came to be trained in the spiritual school of the famous …

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41.3 km

Château de Houesville, known as "Château du Vivier"

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Historic 18th century manor, still an active upscale residence of a horse breeding family, surrounded by horse paddocks and even remnants of a water-filled decorative moat.
The Château de Houesville, …

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44.2 km

Dead Man's Corner Museum

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House having served as a command post during D-Day to the Germans in a first step, then to the Americans during the confrontation between the 2 formations of parachutists. Today it is a museum retracing this fight.

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45.3 km