Hermanville-sur-Mer
Encyclopedia
Hermanville-sur-Mer is a commune
in the Calvados
department in the Basse-Normandie
region
in northwestern France
.
, was one of the targets of Operation Overlord
on 6 June 1944. The Cod German stronghold was located on the coast. A Norwegian
destroyer, the HNoMS Svenner
, sank in front of Hermanville.
The annual event is probably the garage sale (called too FOIRE AU GRENIER).
with: Tangmere
, England
Nominingue, Canada
, since 2002
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Calvados
Calvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
department in the Basse-Normandie
Basse-Normandie
Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in northwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Population
Sights
- 13th century church
- Commonwealth war cemetery
- Old village center
- Villa la BluetteLa BluetteLa Bluette is one of French architect Hector Guimard's existent buildings. La Bluette is a villa built in 1899 for Prosper Grivelle, a lawyer from Paris. The house is located in Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, a seaside hamlet of 2,661 in north-western France.-External links:* *...
, an 1899 villa by architect Hector GuimardHector GuimardHector Guimard was an architect, who is now the best-known representative of the French Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.... - Villa La Houle
- Manoir de Prébois
Events
The beach of Hermanville, part of Sword BeachSword Beach
Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, Operation Neptune, of Operation Overlord; the Allied invasion of German-occupied France that commenced on 6 June 1944...
, was one of the targets of Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings...
on 6 June 1944. The Cod German stronghold was located on the coast. A Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
destroyer, the HNoMS Svenner
HNoMS Svenner
HNoMS Svenner was an S-class destroyer in the service of the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy during World War II. She was launched on 1 June 1943 as the Royal Navy ship HMS Shark , but was rechristened HNoMS Svenner when she was commissioned in the Norwegian Navy in 1944...
, sank in front of Hermanville.
The annual event is probably the garage sale (called too FOIRE AU GRENIER).
Twin towns
Hermanville is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with: Tangmere
Tangmere
Tangmere is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. Located three miles north east of Chichester it is twinned with Hermanville-sur-Mer in Lower Normandy, France....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Nominingue, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, since 2002
Personalities
Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:- Jean François SarrazinJean François SarrazinJean François Sarrazin , or Sarasin, was a French author.-Biography:Sarrazin was born at Hermanville, near Caen, the son of Roger Sarasin, treasurer-general at Caen....
(1611?–1654), author - Alain TouraineAlain TouraineAlain Touraine is a French sociologist born in Hermanville-sur-Mer. He is research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux . He is best known for being the originator of the term "post-industrial society"...
(born 1925), sociologist - Grosse Gagard
- Grosse Lyly
- M.P.