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Ver-sur-Mer | |
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 A pre-war house in Ver-sur-Mer | |
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 Location of Ver-sur-Mer | |
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| Coordinates: 49°19′55″N 0°31′42″W / 49.3319°N 0.5283°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Courseulles-sur-Mer |
| Intercommunality | CC Seulles Terre Mer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Lysiane Le Duc Drean[1] |
Area 1 | 9.01 km2 (3.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,581 |
| • Density | 175/km2 (454/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14739 /14114 |
| Elevation | 0–56 m (0–184 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ver-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ syʁ mɛʁ] ⓘ, literally Ver on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France. It is situated at the eastern end of Gold Beach between Arromanches and Courseulles. The town lies 20 km north-west of Caen and 14 km north-east of Bayeux.
As well as its beach, the village has a bakery, pony club, sailing club, shrimp fishery, small supermarket, tennis court, and youth hostel. It is also home to the America Gold Beach Museum. Ver-sur-Mer lighthouse, still active today, was built in 1908 on the heights above the beach. During World War II, Canadian troops swiftly seized the lighthouse; however, it was badly damaged and had to be restored after the end of the war.
Ver-sur-Mer's church, which was constructed between the 10th and 12th centuries, is dedicated to Saint Martin.
Population
[edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 580 | — |
| 1975 | 701 | +2.74% |
| 1982 | 966 | +4.69% |
| 1990 | 1,359 | +4.36% |
| 1999 | 1,307 | −0.43% |
| 2007 | 1,536 | +2.04% |
| 2012 | 1,578 | +0.54% |
| 2017 | 1,625 | +0.59% |
| 2023 | 1,581 | −0.46% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
History
[edit source]Richard Evelyn Byrd
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On 1 July 1927, Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd was forced to crash land his plane, America, in the sea off Ver-sur-Mer after his attempt at the first mail-carrying flight across the Atlantic failed.
D-Day
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On 6 June 1944, D-Day, the British 50th Infantry Division landed at Ver-sur-Mer as part of the Normandy Landings invasion, Operation Overlord. In 2021, the British Commonwealth of Nations soldiers who participated in the landing were commemorated with British Normandy Memorial near the village.
See also
[edit source]References
[edit source]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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