- Source: Hermanville-sur-Mer
Hermanville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ɛʁmɑ̃vil syʁ mɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
Sights
13th century church
Commonwealth war cemetery
Old village centre
Villa la Bluette, an 1899 villa by architect Hector Guimard
Villa La Houle
Manoir de Prébois
Normandy landings
The beach of Hermanville, part of the area codenamed Sword, 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 sector at Hermanville was known as Queen Beach where elements of the British 3rd Division landed. The South Lancashire Regiment landed on Queen White and East Yorkshire Regiment on Queen Red; by 10:00 the village had been cleared. Offshore from Hermanville a Gooseberry was established, this consisted of a breakwater formed with ships sunk into position, including the French battleship Courbet.
Twin towns
Hermanville is twinned with:
Tangmere, England
Nominingue, Canada, since 2002
Personalities
Hermanville-sur-Mer was the birthplace of:
Jean François Sarrazin (1611?–1654), author
Alain Touraine (born 1925), sociologist
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
External links
Tourism office webpage Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Memorials to the war
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Komune di departemen Calvados (A-L)
- Komune di departemen Calvados (M-Z)
- Arondisemen Lisieux
- Daftar komune di Calvados
- Arondisemen Bayeux
- Komune di departemen Seine-Maritime
- Calvados
- Arondisemen Caen
- Arondisemen Vire
- Barbeville
- Hermanville-sur-Mer
- Lion-sur-Mer
- Benerville-sur-Mer
- Gonneville-sur-Mer
- Colleville-sur-Mer
- Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer
- Langrune-sur-Mer
- Isigny-sur-Mer
- Longues-sur-Mer
- Bény-sur-Mer
