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, 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. The town sits on the
Côte Fleurie
The Côte Fleurie () (or Flowery Coast) stretches for approximately between Merville-Franceville-Plage, at the mouth of the Orne river, opposite Ouistreham to the west and Honfleur on the Seine estuary in the east. It forms part of the eastern ...
(Flowery Coast) and its population increases by over 40,000 during the summer.
Geography
Cabourg is located between
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Deauville, part of the
Côte Fleurie
The Côte Fleurie () (or Flowery Coast) stretches for approximately between Merville-Franceville-Plage, at the mouth of the Orne river, opposite Ouistreham to the west and Honfleur on the Seine estuary in the east. It forms part of the eastern ...
. The town is on the
Dives river
The Dives (; also ''Dive'') is a 105 km long river in the Pays d'Auge, Normandy, France. It flows into the English Channel in Cabourg.
The source of the Dives is near Exmes, in the Orne department. The Dives flows generally north through th ...
, across from Dives-sur-Mer.
On 1 January 2017, the town was transferred from the
Arrondissement of Caen
The arrondissement of Caen is an arrondissement of France in the Calvados department in the Normandy region. It has 201 communes. Its population is 384,540 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Caen, and thei ...
Oceanic climate
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with mild summers and cool winters. The proximity of the sea limits large variations in temperature and creates winters without much frost and summers without excessive heat. Wind is frequent.
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel ''In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous Eng ...
's biographer
George D. Painter
George Duncan Painter OBE (5 June 1914 – 8 December 2005), known as George D. Painter, was an English author most famous as a biographer of Marcel Proust.
Career
Painter was born in Birmingham, England. His father was a schoolmaster, and his m ...
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Population
Culture
Each year in June, Cabourg hosts the ''International Festival of the Romantic Movie''.
Personalities
Cabourg is famous for being
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel ''In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous Eng ...
's favorite vacation place at the beginning of the 20th century; it is the inspiration for Balbec, the seaside resort in Proust's ''
In Search of Lost Time
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Jean-François Dubos
Jean-François Dubos (born 2 September 1945) is a former French businessman who was chairman of the management board of the multinational media conglomerate Vivendi.
Biography
Education
Jean-François Dubos has a degree in English and Spanish a ...
Jean-Louis Ezine
Jean-Louis Ezine, real name Jean-Louis BunelPhilippe Fourastié
Philippe Fourastié (14 January 1940 - 6 September 1982) was a French director and screenwriter.
Biography
He learned the trade by starting as an assistant. He started with Pierre Schoendoerffer on '' La 317e Section'' (prize for best screenpla ...
Charles-Gaston Levadé Charles-Gaston Levadé (3 January 1869 – 27 October 1948) was a French composer.
A pupil of Jules Massenet, Grand Prix de Rome in 1863, Levadé wrote chamber music, melodies, religious music, drama and opéras comiques. He was very successful in ...
(1869–1948),
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Cecil Michaelis
Maximilian Gustav Alfred Cecil Michaelis (born: 19 August 1913 - died: 3 May 1997), was an artist who also practised in glass and ceramics, and a philanthropist who encouraged crafts and design. He was the only son of Sir Max Michaelis, a South Af ...
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René-Xavier Prinet
René François Xavier Prinet (31 December 1861, Vitry-le-François – 26 January 1946, Bourbonne-les-Bains) was a French painter and illustrator who drew his subjects from middle-class society.
Biography
He was born to Henri Prinet, an Imper ...
Paul Giroud
Paul Giroud (6 June 1898 – 21 January 1989) was a French physician and biologist.
Biography
Born in Munet (Moulins, Allier, Moulins), Allier, France he studied and worked at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.
Giroud was Head of Laboratory at th ...
(French physician, summer residence)
International relations
Cabourg has relations with the following cities:
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Atlantic City
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, USA
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Bad Homburg
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, Germany
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Bromont
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Terracina
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History Ancient times
Terracina appears in anci ...
, Italy
Popular culture
* The Cabourg area, including the small hamlet of Varaville, is the setting for some of the events in the novel ''Villa Normandie'' (Endeavour Press, 2015) by Kevin Doherty.