commune
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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 ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Normandy
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region
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in northwestern
France
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.
Population
Sights
* 13th century church
* Commonwealth war cemetery
* Old village centre
* Villa la Bluette, an 1899 villa by architect
Hector Guimard
Hector Guimard (, 10 March 1867 – 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building ...
* Villa La Houle
* Manoir de Prébois
Normandy landings
The beach of Hermanville, part of the area codenamed
Sword
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, was one of the targets of
Operation Overlord
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on 6 June 1944. The
Cod
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German stronghold was located on the coast. A
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
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destroyer, the HNoMS ''Svenner'', sank in front of Hermanville.
The sector at Hermanville was known as Queen Beach where elements of the British 3rd Division landed. The
South Lancashire Regiment
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The regiment, which recruited, as its title suggests, primarily from the South Lancashire area, was created as part of the Childers Ref ...
landed on Queen White and
East Yorkshire Regiment
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on Queen Red; by 10:00 the village had been cleared. Offshore from Hermanville a
Gooseberry
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was established, this consisted of a breakwater formed with ships sunk into position, including the French battleship Courbet.
England
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Nominingue
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Nominingue is located along Route 117, betwee ...
,
Canada
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, since 2002
Personalities
Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:
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Jean François Sarrazin
Jean François Sarrazin (c. 1611 – 5 December 1654), or Sarasin, was a French writer.
Biography
Sarrazin was born at Hermanville, near Caen, the son of Roger Sarasin, treasurer-general at Caen.
He was educated at Caen, and later settled in ...
(1611?–1654), author
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Alain Touraine
Alain Touraine (; born 3 August 1925) is a French sociology, sociologist. He is research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the ''Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux''. Touraine was an important ...