Museum · Colleville-Montgomery · Calvados

Site Hillman

Site Hillman is a german bunker from World War II on Sword Beach, Normandy. The town it belongs to is Colleville-Montgomery. Look also at Abbaye Royale aux Hommes, 10 km away, first of 151 more within 15 km.

Photo: Site Hillman, Tib124 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Colleville-Montgomery

inside the commune

How well known

Top 4%

#1,261 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Colleville-Montgomery

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#1,261 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Colleville-Montgomery

Site Hillman is in the commune of Colleville-Montgomery, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather, month by month

In Colleville-Montgomery, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°63 mm

Feb9° / 3°53 mm

Mar12° / 4°50 mm

Apr14° / 6°53 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun21° / 11°58 mm

Jul23° / 13°51 mm

Aug23° / 13°60 mm

Sep20° / 11°54 mm

Oct16° / 9°79 mm

Nov12° / 6°79 mm

Dec9° / 3°81 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Colleville-Montgomery, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Caen-Carpiquet station, 16 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Colleville-Montgomery’s full climate →

About

Site Hillman

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 6 languages.

Site Hillman on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Covered in: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Colleville-Montgomery, Calvados

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting to Site Hillman

Orange is Site Hillman; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Largest of the 8 is Hérouville-Saint-Clair, home to 23,470. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in this commune

Colleville-Montgomery

2,586 people

2 · 2.8 km north of it

Hermanville-sur-Mer

3,323 people

3 · 3.3 km southwest of it

Biéville-Beuville

3,840 people

4 · 3.8 km northeast of it

Ouistreham

9,212 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Site Hillman is	People
Colleville-Montgomery	It’s in this commune	2,586
Hermanville-sur-Mer	2.8 km north of it	3,323
Biéville-Beuville	3.3 km southwest of it	3,840
Ouistreham	3.8 km northeast of it	9,212
Blainville-sur-Orne	4.1 km south of it	6,106
Douvres-la-Délivrande	6 km northwest of it	5,143
Luc-sur-Mer	6.3 km northwest of it	3,275
Hérouville-Saint-Clair	7 km south of it	23,470

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

There are 151 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 châteaux and a monastery among them.

1Monastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbaye Royale aux Hommes10 km southwest, in Caen 2

ChâteauChâteau de Caen9.6 km southwest, in Caen 3AbbeyAbbeyAbbaye aux Dames de Caen9.3 km south, in Caen 4MuseumMuseumMémorial Pegasus3.8 km southeast, in Ranville 5MuseumMuseumMémorial de Caen9.3 km southwest, in Caen 6FortFortBatterie de Merville8.2 km east, in Merville-Franceville-Plage 7ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bénouville3.8 km southeast, in Bénouville 8

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Caen9.6 km southwest, in Caen

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Site Hillman

Where is Site Hillman?

Site Hillman is in Colleville-Montgomery, in Calvados (Normandy).

What is Site Hillman?

German bunker from World War II on Sword Beach, Normandy, France.

How well known is Site Hillman?

Site Hillman has 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #1,261 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Site Hillman?

May to September are the warmest months in Colleville-Montgomery, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Site Hillman?

Within 15 km: Abbaye Royale aux Hommes (10 km), Château de Caen (9.6 km), Abbaye aux Dames de Caen (9.3 km) and Mémorial Pegasus (3.8 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Site Hillman: Tib124, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Château de Caen: Nikater, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen: Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.