Colleville-sur-Mer
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Location within Lower Normandy region
Colleville-sur-Mer
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | Trévières |
| Mayor | Patrick Thomines (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) avg. |
| Land area1 | 6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 164 (2008) |
| - Density | 24 /km2 (62 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14165/ 14710 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 49°20′57″N 0°50′32″W / 49.3492°N 0.8422°W
Colleville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
The beach next to the coastal village was one of the principal beachheads during the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, designated Omaha beach.
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[edit] Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 225 | 195 | 180 | 169 | 146 | 172 | 164 |
[edit] Sights
- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Colleville-sur-Mer.
- Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Colleville: dated XII—XIII centuries, a historical monument since 1840.
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[edit] External links
- American D-Day: Omaha Beach, Utah Beach & Pointe du Hoc
- Aerial movie of Colleville-sur-Mer, Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery - Film taken from a low flying propellor plane. British Tours.
- How to visit Colleville-sur-Mer in one day from Paris.
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