Hermanville-sur-Mer
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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Douvres-la-Délivrande |
| Intercommunality | Caen la Mer |
| Mayor | Jacques Lelandais (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 3–59 m (9.8–194 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| Land area1 | 8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,708 (2008) |
| - Density | 336 /km2 (870 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14325/ 14880 |
| 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°17′02″N 0°18′50″W / 49.284°N 0.3138°W
Hermanville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
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[edit] Population
| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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| Population | 700 | 642 | 784 | 799 | 847 | 864 | 844 | 879 | 878 | 822 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 821 | 776 | 801 | 790 | 778 | 715 | 746 | 705 | 702 | 722 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 747 | 673 | 612 | 630 | 630 | 882 | 1037 | 1065 | 1160 | 1312 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 1753 | 2113 | 2661 | 2708 |
[edit] Sights
- 13th century church
- Commonwealth war cemetery
- Old village center
- Villa la Bluette, an 1899 villa by architect Hector Guimard
- Villa La Houle
- Manoir de Prébois
[edit] Events
The beach of Hermanville, part of Sword Beach, was one of the targets of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944. The Cod German stronghold was located on the coast. A Norwegian destroyer, the HNoMS Svenner, sank in front of Hermanville.
The annual event is probably the garage sale (called too FOIRE AU GRENIER).
[edit] Twin towns
Hermanville is twinned with:
Tangmere, England
Nominingue, Canada, since 2002
[edit] Personalities
Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:
- Jean François Sarrazin (1611?–1654), author
- Alain Touraine (born 1925), sociologist
- Grosse Gagard
- Grosse Lyly
- M.P.
[edit] See also
- Communes of the Calvados department
- Ligne 62
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