Bretteville-sur-Odon (, literally Bretteville on Odon) is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It lies on the river Odon, about west of Caen.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Baulue and Louvigny.
The river Odon is the only watercourse to flow through the commune.
Points of Interest
- Parc Festyland - A theme park that has been on the commune and open to the public since 1989.
Museums
- D-Day Wings Museum - museum in Normandy devoted to D-Day aircraft and air operations. The museum is based in a hangar originally built in 1937, located in a former French air base, that was used by the Luftwaffe.
National Heritage Sites
The commune has three sites listed as a Monument historique.
- Bell tower a fourteenth century Belltower, belonging to the former Church of Notre-Dame, listed as a monument in 1927.
- Former farm of the Old Bell Tower a former seventeenth century farm house, which was listed as a monument in 2004.
- Former manor of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, called the Ferme de la Baronnerie, it is a thirteenth century manor house listed as a monument in 1990.
Twin towns – sister cities
Argentan is twinned with:
- Woodbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Since 1978
- Glattbach, Germany, since 1987
- Ouonck, Sénégal since 1997
See also
- Communes of the Calvados department