Blonville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [blɔ̃vil syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Blonville on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is a seaside resort on the Côte Fleurie with a long sandy beach.
Blonville-sur-Mer | |
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 Countryside and beach | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Blonville-sur-Mer  | |
  Blonville-sur-Mer  Blonville-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates: 49°20′21″N 0°01′53″E / 49.3392°N 0.0314°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque |
| Intercommunality | Cœur Côte Fleurie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Yves Lemonnier[1] |
| Area 1 | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,550 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14079 /14910 |
| Elevation | 2–112 m (6.6–367.5 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Transport
Blonville-sur-Mer is on the railway line from Deauville to Dives-sur-Mer. The station building (Blonville-Bénerville) is no longer open but train services operate year-round at weekends as well as on week days during the summer season.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 727 | — |
| 1975 | 758 | +0.60% |
| 1982 | 889 | +2.30% |
| 1990 | 1,062 | +2.25% |
| 1999 | 1,341 | +2.63% |
| 2009 | 1,592 | +1.73% |
| 2014 | 1,528 | −0.82% |
| 2020 | 1,552 | +0.26% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Notable people linked to the commune
Deaths
- Jean Baud (1919-2012), founder of Leader Price.
Others
- Robert Gangnat, representative of the society of dramatic authors. It was at his home that the publisher Gaston Gallimard first met Marcel Proust, in August 1908.[4]
- Vincent Bolloré, French businessman, bought a villa by the sea in 2008.[5]
- The writer and member of the French Resistance René Hardy (1911-1987) lived here from 1974 to 1982 in a villa rented to a professor of medicine.[6]
See also
References
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