Bayeux is located 7 kilometres from the coast of the English Channel and 30 km north-west of Caen. The city, with elevations varying from 32 to 67 metres above sea level - with an average of 46 metres above sea level - is bisected by the River Aure. Bayeux is located at the crossroads of RN 13 and the train route Paris-Caen-Cherbourg. The city is the capital of the Bessin, which extends north-west of Calvados.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.
