Culture
La Cambe’s history is visibly woven into the village. The German military cemetery in La Cambe contains the graves of more than 21,200 German soldiers. 1,220 maple trees were planted in the cemetery as living symbols of peace and reconciliation between nations. A new trilingual exhibition is dedicated to people in wartime, German soldiers’ graves, the civilian population, the significance of commemorative ceremonies, and remembrance culture.
Those who have chosen La Cambe as their destination may perhaps wish to rent a holiday apartment here.
History
In La Cambe, there is a commemorative stele for the 165th Signal Photographic Company. The stele commemorating the A-2 advanced landing ground recalls that an American airfield was partly located within the municipality in the summer of 1944. A-2 Cricqueville-en-Bessin airfield became operational on 17 June 1944; the 354th Fighter Group and the 367th Fighter Group were stationed there.
The Notre-Dame church in La Cambe has been documented since the late 13th century. At that time, Robert Dumesnil, Lord of La Cambe, donated it, together with the parish tithes, to Plessis-Grimoult Abbey. The church has a Romanesque basic structure and a Latin-cross floor plan with a nave, choir, transept, and two chapels.
Trails
The stele commemorating the A-2 advanced landing ground can be reached from the center of La Cambe via Rue des Vignets in a northerly direction, through the hamlet, and then along a narrow road for 200 meters.
Several hiking trails cross the La Cambe area; some of them are also open to mountain bikes. From La Cambe, hiking trails lead inland through bocage landscapes and marshland, to Isigny, and to the beaches.
Other destinations: Courson, Magny-En-Bessin, Cricqueville-En-Bessin, Ryes, Ranville, Rubercy, Eraines, Crépon.
