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Blonville-sur-Mer

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Blonville-sur-Mer
Commune
Countryside and beach
Coat of arms
Location of Blonville-sur-Mer
Blonville-sur-Mer Show map of France Blonville-sur-Mer Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°20′21″N 0°01′53″E / 49.3392°N 0.0314°E / 49.3392; 0.0314
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Pont-l'Évêque
Intercommunality	Cœur Côte Fleurie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Lemonnier[1]
Area 1	6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,550
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14079 /14910
Elevation	2–112 m (6.6–367.5 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blonville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [blɔ̃vil syʁ mɛʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Blonville on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is a seaside resort on the Côte Fleurie with a long sandy beach.

Transport[edit]

Blonville-sur-Mer is on the railway line from DeauvilletoDives-sur-Mer. The station building (Blonville-Bénerville) is no longer open but train services operate year-round at weekends as well as on week days during the summer season.

Population[edit]

Notable people linked to the commune[edit]

Deaths[edit]

• Jean Baud (1919-2012), founder of Leader Price.

Others[edit]

• Robert Gangnat, representative of the society of dramatic authors. It was at his home that the publisher Gaston Gallimard first met Marcel Proust, in August 1908.^[4]
• Vincent Bolloré, French businessman, bought a villa by the sea in 2008.^[5]
• The writer and member of the French Resistance René Hardy (1911-1987) lived here from 1974 to 1982 in a villa rented to a professor of medicine.^[6]

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Calvados department

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