Hermanville-sur-Mer

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Hermanville-sur-Mer
Commune
WW II British cemetery
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°17′02″N 0°18′50″W / 49.284°N 0.3138°W / 49.284; -0.3138Coordinates: 49°17′02″N 0°18′50″W / 49.284°N 0.3138°W / 49.284; -0.3138
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Ouistreham
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Lelandais
Area 1	8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,105
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14325 /14880
Elevation	3–59 m (9.8–193.6 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hermanville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population[]

Sights[]

• 13th century church
• Commonwealth war cemetery
• Old village centre
• Villa la Bluette, an 1899 villa by architect Hector Guimard
• Villa La Houle
• Manoir de Prébois

Normandy landings[]

The beach of Hermanville, part of the area codenamed Sword, was one of the targets of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944. The German stronghold was located on the coast. A Norwegian destroyer, the HNoMS Svenner, sank in front of Hermanville.

The sector at Hermanville was known as Queen Beach where elements of the British 3rd Division landed. The South Lancashire Regiment landed on Queen White and East Yorkshire Regiment on Queen Red; by 10:00 the village had been cleared. Offshore from Hermanville a Gooseberry was established, this consisted of a breakwater formed with ships sunk into position, including the French battleship Courbet.

Twin towns[]

Hermanville is twinned with:

• Tangmere, England
• Nominingue, Canada, since 2002

Personalities[]

Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:

• Jean François Sarrazin (1611?–1654), author
• Alain Touraine (born 1925), sociologist

See also[]

• Communes of the Calvados department

References[]

External links[]

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• Tourism office webpage
• Memorials to the war

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