Vierville-sur-Mer
Vierville-sur-Mer | |
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![]() Dog White and Dog Red sectors on Omaha Beach | |
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Coordinates: 49°22′30″N 0°54′14″W / 49.375°N 0.9039°WCoordinates: 49°22′30″N 0°54′14″W / 49.375°N 0.9039°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Bayeux |
Canton | Trévières |
Intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Antoine de Bellaigue |
Area 1 | 6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 228 |
• Density | 36/km2 (92/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 14745 /14710 |
Elevation | 0–62 m (0–203 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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Vierville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vjɛʁvil syʁ mɛʁ] (listen), literally Vierville on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France.
History[]
World War II[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/A_platoon_of_Negro_troops_surrounds_a_farm_house_in_a_town_in_France%2C_as_they_prepare_to_eliminate_a_German_sniper..._-_NARA_-_531188.jpg/220px-A_platoon_of_Negro_troops_surrounds_a_farm_house_in_a_town_in_France%2C_as_they_prepare_to_eliminate_a_German_sniper..._-_NARA_-_531188.jpg)
Black soldiers tracking a sniper Omaha Beachhead, near Vierville-sur-Mer, France. 10 June 1944
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Cimeti%C3%A8re_provisoire_%C3%A0_Vierville.jpg/220px-Cimeti%C3%A8re_provisoire_%C3%A0_Vierville.jpg)
Honor guard with the flag and a bugler during a mass at the site of the first temporary cemetery in Vierville, June 10, 1944.
On 6 June 1944 (D-Day), the U.S. Army's 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, along with the 5th Ranger Battalion, and A, B, and C Companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion landed on Dog Green, Dog White, Dog Red, and Easy Green sectors of Omaha Beach, below Vierville-sur-Mer, starting at 6.30 am.
Population[]
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See also[]
- Communes of the Calvados department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
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Categories:
- Communes of Calvados (department)
- Calvados (department) geography stubs