Hermanville-sur-Mer

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Hermanville-sur-Mer
Coat of arms of Hermanville-sur-Mer
Hermanville-sur-Mer (France)
Hermanville-sur-Mer
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Ouistreham
Community association Caen la Mer
Coordinates 49 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W
height 3–59 m
surface 8.05 km 2
Residents 3,110 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 386 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 14880
INSEE code
Website www.hermanvillesurmer.fr

Town hall of Hermanville-sur-Mer

Hermanville-sur-Mer is a French commune with 3,182 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Ouistreham . The inhabitants are called Hermanvillais or Hermois .

geography

Hermanville-sur-Mer is a seaside resort on the English Channel . Hermanville-sur-Mer is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lion-sur-Mer in the north and north-west, Colleville-Montgomery in the east and south-east, Périers-sur-le-Dan in the south, Mathieu in the south-west, Plumetot in the west and south-west and Cresserons in the West and northwest.

The former route nationale 814 (today's D514) runs through the municipality .

history

The stretch of beach on the Côte de Nacre was called Sword Beach , and three Allied infantry divisions landed here on June 6, 1944.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,065 1,160 1.312 1,753 2.113 2,661 2,692 2,801

Partner communities

Partnerships have been in place with the British community of Tangmere in West Sussex (England) since 1993 and with the Canadian community of Nominingue in Québec since 2002.

Attractions

Saint-Pierre church
  • Saint-Pierre church from the 11th century, monument historique
  • Chapel from 1950
  • La Bluette house from 1899, historic monument
  • 18th century mansion of Prébois, Monument historique
  • British war cemetery with 1005 graves
House La Bluette

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 676-678.

Web links

Commons : Hermanville-sur-Mer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files