Auberville () is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Calvados Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears. History In France Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Norm ...

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in the

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

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of north-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aubervillais'' or ''Aubervillaises''.

Geography

Auberville is located on the northern Normandy coast some 8 km east by north-east of

Cabourg Cabourg (; nrf, Cabouorg) is a commune in the Calvados department, region of Normandy, France. Cabourg is on the coast of the English Channel, at the mouth of the river Dives. The back country is a plain, favourable to the culture of cereal. Th ...

and 13 km south-west of

Deauville Deauville () is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Major attractions include its harbour, race course, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino, and sumptuous hotels. The first Deauville Asian Film Fes ...

. Access to the commune is by road D513 from

Houlgate Houlgate () is a small tourist resort in northwestern France along the English Channel with a beach and a casino. It is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region. History Pre-19th century Houlgate developed as a hamlet in t ...

in the west which passes through the village and continues north-east to

Villers-sur-Mer Villers-sur-Mer () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy, northwestern France, with a population of 2,644 as of 2017. Geography The commune is located on the French coast of the English Channel, on the Côte Fleurie, between D ...

. The D163 branches off the D513 in the village and goes south to Branville. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Les Genets, Les Bruyeres, and Le Manoir. The north of the commune is forested along the coast with slopes down to the beach while the rest of the commune is farmland.Google Maps
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Toponymy

The name was attested in the form ''Osbertivilla'' in 1082.Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, ''Etymological Dictionary of place names in France'', Larousse, Paris, 1963 It came from the Germanic

anthroponym Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'' / 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'' / 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and co ...

''Osbert'' or alternatively from the Scandinavian ''Osbern'' and the old French ''ville'' (from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

''villa'') in its original sense of "rural domain".

History

Archaeological excavations have found

Merovingian The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...

tombs.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 574 inhabitants.

Sites and monuments

Monument aux morts d'Auberville (Calvados)

* The Church of Sainte-Barbe, from the 13th century with a

bell-gable The bell gable ( es, espadaña, french: clocher-mur, it, campanile a vela) is an architectural element crowning the upper end of the wall of church buildings, usually in lieu of a church tower. It consists of a gable end in stone, with small ho ...

. * Falaises des Vaches Noires (the site of ''Chaos''). * The War memorial at Auberville commemorates the victims of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the

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, and the

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Notable people linked to the commune

*Paul Ernest Dupont (1816-1891), painter, he stayed at

Villers Villers may refer to: Places In France *Villers, Loire, in the Loire ''département'' *Villers, Vosges, in the Vosges ''département'' *Villers-Agron-Aiguizy, in the Aisne ''département'' *Villers-Allerand, in the Marne ''département'' *Viller ...

and came to paint at Auberville *Pierre Ucciani (1851-1939), Corsican painter, he stayed at

and at

and came to paint at Auberville''Pays d'Auge'', March/April 2012, 62nd year, No. 2, ISSN 1149-3305 *Julien Turbiau (1876-1934), doctor and amateur painter, he stayed at Villers and came to paint at Auberville *Marie-Renée Ucciani, (1883-1963), painter and sculptor, she stayed at Villers and came to paint at Auberville *

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1 ...

(born in 1937) director, producer, actor, screenwriter, he had a second home at AubervilleJean-Pierre Beuve, ''Summer special: Normandy - Houses of stars'',

Le Point ''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris. History and profile ''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...

, No. 1822, 16 August 2007
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