Colleville-sur-Mer

Colleville-sur-Mer
World War I memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Location within Lower Normandy region  Colleville-sur-Mer
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Trévières
Intercommunality	Trévières
Mayor	Patrick Thomines (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	70 m (230 ft) avg.
Land area1	6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population2	164  (2008)
- Density	24 /km2 (62 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14165/ 14710
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°20′57″N 0°50′32″W / 49.3492°N 0.8422°W / 49.3492; -0.8422

Colleville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

The beach next to the coastal village was one of the principal beachheads during the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, designated Omaha beach.

Population

Historical population of Colleville-sur-Mer

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
225	195	180	169	146	172	164

Sights

• Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Colleville-sur-Mer.

See also

• Colleville-Montgomery
• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE

External links

• American D-Day: Omaha Beach, Utah Beach & Pointe du Hoc
• Aerial movie of Colleville-sur-Mer, Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery - Film taken from a low flying propellor plane. British Tours.
• How to visit Colleville-sur-Mer in one day from Paris.