Houlgate

Houlgate
region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Cabourg
Community association	Normandy-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge
Coordinates	49 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W
height	0-124 m
surface	4.69 km 2
Residents	1,873 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	399 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	14510
INSEE code	14338
Website	www.ville-houlgate.fr
	; Houlgate Town Hall (Mairie)

Houlgate is a French commune with 1,873 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . Houlgate belongs to the Arrondissement Lisieux and the Canton of Cabourg (until 2015: Canton Dozulé ). The inhabitants are called Houlgatais .

The municipality consists of the localities of Houlgate , Beuzeval , Caumont and Drochon as well as other small towns and hamlets.

geography

Houlgate is on the Côte Fleurie of the English Channel and on the small Drochon River . The Dives River flows into the western municipal boundary. Houlgate is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gonneville-sur-Mer in the south and east, Dives-sur-Mer in the south and southwest and Cabourg in the west.

The former route nationale 813 (today's D513) runs through the municipality .

history

It was only with the emergence of the seaside resort in the 19th century that the community gained in importance. Until then, the seat of the community was in the eponymous village of Beuzeval. During the Second World War, the German Wehrmacht built an artillery and radar station here in 1942. During the bombardment in April 1944, a crater landscape remained. The area was liberated in August 1944.