Blonville-sur-Mer

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Blonville-sur-Mer
Countryside and beach
Countryside and beach
Coat of arms of Blonville-sur-Mer
Location of Blonville-sur-Mer
Blonville-sur-Mer is located in France
Blonville-sur-Mer
Blonville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°20′21″N 0°01′53″E / 49.3392°N 0.0314°E / 49.3392; 0.0314Coordinates: 49°20′21″N 0°01′53″E / 49.3392°N 0.0314°E / 49.3392; 0.0314
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonPont-l'Évêque
IntercommunalityCœur Côte Fleurie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yves Lemonnier[1]
Area
1
6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
1,560
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14079 /14910
Elevation2–112 m (6.6–367.5 ft)
(avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blonville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is a seaside resort on the Côte Fleurie with a long sandy beach.

Transport[]

Blonville-sur-Mer is on the railway line from Deauville to Dives-sur-Mer. The station building (Blonville-Bénerville) is no longer open but train services operate year-round at weekends as well as on week days during the summer season.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793114—    
1800332+191.2%
1806311−6.3%
1821343+10.3%
1886360+5.0%
1901357−0.8%
1939603+68.9%
1946645+7.0%
1962729+13.0%
YearPop.±%
1968727−0.3%
1975758+4.3%
1982889+17.3%
19901,062+19.5%
19991,341+26.3%
20081,605+19.7%
20131,549−3.5%
20141,528−1.4%

Notable people linked to the commune[]

Deaths[]

  • Jean Baud (1919-2012), founder of Leader Price.

Others[]

  • Robert Gangnat, representative of the society of dramatic authors. It was at his home that the publisher Gaston Gallimard first met Marcel Proust, in August 1908.[3]
  • Vincent Bolloré, French businessman, bought a villa by the sea in 2008.[4]
  • The writer and member of the French Resistance René Hardy (1911-1987) lived here from 1974 to 1982 in a villa rented to a professor of medecine.[5]

See also[]

  • Communes of the Calvados department

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Edouard Launet, "Les aventures de Marcel et Gaston", Libération, 6 August 2011
  4. ^ Louis Laroque, "Maisons de stars" Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, Le Point, 14 August 2008
  5. ^ Bernard Gourbin, Les Inconnus célèbres de Normandie, éd. Albin Michel, 1995, p. 174-179


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