Hermanville-sur-Mer
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Commune of Hermanville-sur-Mer |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Douvres-la-Délivrande |
| Intercommunality | Caen la Mer |
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| Elevation | 3 m–59 m (avg. 25 m) |
| Land area¹ | 8.05 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,661 |
| - Density | 330/km² (1999) |
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| 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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Hermanville-sur-Mer is a commune in the département of Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region of France.
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[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 June 6, 1944. The Cod German stronghold was located on the coast. A Norwegian destroyer, the HNoMS Svenner, sank in front of Hermanville.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Hermanville is twinned with:
- Tangmere in West Sussex, England
- Nominingue, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada - since 2002
Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:
- Jean François Sarrazin (1611?–1654), author
- Alain Touraine (born 1925), sociologist
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