Lower Normandy, FR

Sword Beach

Water Bodyocean
CountryFR
RegionLower Normandy

Getting There

Nearest CityLion-sur-Mer0.7 km
Airport (CFR)Caen Carpiquet airport17.4 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

Predicted regional compositionlithic-rich (volcanic/collisional terrane)
Q 51%
L 40%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Sword Beach holds a place of immense historical significance as one of the five landing beaches of the D-Day invasion in June 1944. Located in Normandy, France, just outside the ch...

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