Langrune-sur-Mer

Langrune-sur-Mer
region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Courseulles-sur-Mer
Community association	Coeur de Nacre
Coordinates	49 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 22 ′  W
height	3–34 m
surface	4.74 km 2
Residents	1,824 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	385 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	14830
INSEE code	14354
Website	www.mairie-langrune-sur-mer.fr
Town hall (Mairie) of Langrune-sur-Mer

Langrune-sur-Mer is a French commune with a population of 1,824 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Courseulles-sur-Mer (until 2015: canton of Douvres-la-Délivrande ). The inhabitants are called Langrunais .

geography

Langrune-sur-Mer is located about 15 kilometers north of Caen as a seaside resort on the English Channel (section of the mother-of-pearl coast - Côte de Nacre ). Langrune-sur-Mer is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Luc-sur-Mer in the east, Douvres-la-Délivrande in the south and south-west and Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer in the west and north-west.

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

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1.012	950	1,047	1,349	1,539	1,706	1,690	1,743
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Community partnerships

With the British community Fishbourne in West Sussex (England) is one since 1998 community partnership .

Attractions

• Listed church of Saint-Martin from the 13th century

Personalities

• Lydie Auvray (* 1956), accordionist

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 679-682.

Web links

Commons : Langrune-sur-Mer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Commune de Langrune-sur-Mer (14354) - INSEE
2. ^ Church of Saint-Martin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)