Hermanville-sur-Mer
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Hermanville-sur-Mer | |
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 WW II British cemetery | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Hermanville-sur-Mer  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Douvres-la-Délivrande |
| Intercommunality | Caen la Mer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jacques Lelandais |
Area 1 | 8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 2,708 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (870/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14325 /14880 |
| Elevation | 3–59 m (9.8–193.6 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hermanville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 700 | — |
| 1800 | 642 | −8.3% |
| 1806 | 784 | +22.1% |
| 1821 | 799 | +1.9% |
| 1831 | 847 | +6.0% |
| 1836 | 864 | +2.0% |
| 1841 | 844 | −2.3% |
| 1846 | 879 | +4.1% |
| 1851 | 878 | −0.1% |
| 1856 | 822 | −6.4% |
| 1861 | 821 | −0.1% |
| 1866 | 776 | −5.5% |
| 1872 | 801 | +3.2% |
| 1876 | 790 | −1.4% |
| 1881 | 778 | −1.5% |
| 1886 | 715 | −8.1% |
| 1891 | 746 | +4.3% |
| 1896 | 705 | −5.5% |
| 1901 | 702 | −0.4% |
| 1906 | 722 | +2.8% |
| 1911 | 747 | +3.5% |
| 1921 | 673 | −9.9% |
| 1926 | 612 | −9.1% |
| 1931 | 630 | +2.9% |
| 1936 | 630 | +0.0% |
| 1946 | 882 | +40.0% |
| 1954 | 1,037 | +17.6% |
| 1962 | 1,065 | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 1,160 | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 1,312 | +13.1% |
| 1982 | 1,753 | +33.6% |
| 1990 | 2,113 | +20.5% |
| 1999 | 2,661 | +25.9% |
| 2008 | 2,708 | +1.8% |
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
Normandy landings
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 sector at Hermanville was known as Queen Beach where elements of the British 3rd Division landed. The South Lancashire Regiment landed on Queen White and East Yorkshire Regiment on Queen Red, by 10:00 the village had been cleared. Offshore from Hermanville a Gooseberry was established, this consisted of a breakwater formed with ships sunk into position, including the French battleship Courbet.
Twin towns
Hermanville is twinned with:
Tangmere, England
Nominingue, Canada, since 2002
Personalities
Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:
- Jean François Sarrazin (1611?–1654), author
- Alain Touraine (born 1925), sociologist
See also
- Communes of the Calvados department
- Ligne 62
References
External links
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