Hermanville-sur-Mer

French commune
nomcommune=Hermanville-sur-Mer
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Calvados
arrondissement=Caen
canton=Douvres-la-Délivrande
insee=14325
cp=14880
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=Caen la Mer
longitude=-0.3138
latitude=49.284
alt moy=25 m
alt mini=3
alt maxi=59 m
hectares=805
km²=8.05
sans=2661
date-sans=1999
dens=330
date-dens=1999

Hermanville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.

ights

* 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

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.

Twin towns

Hermanville is twinned with:
* Tangmere in West Sussex, England
* Nominingue, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada - since 2002

Personalities

Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:
* Jean François Sarrazin (1611?–1654), author
* Alain Touraine (born 1925), sociologist

ee also

*Communes of the Calvados department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."

External links

* [http://www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/hermanville-sur-mer.htm Tourism office webpage]