Blonville-sur-Mer
Blonville-sur-Mer 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.
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Location of Blonville-sur-Mer 
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| Coordinates: 49°20′21″N 0°01′53″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque |
| Intercommunality | Cœur Côte Fleurie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Yves Lemonnier |
| Area 1 | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,545 |
| • 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. | |
Transport
Blonville-sur-Mer is on the railway line from Deauville to Dives-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
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 114 | — |
| 1800 | 332 | +191.2% |
| 1806 | 311 | −6.3% |
| 1821 | 343 | +10.3% |
| 1886 | 360 | +5.0% |
| 1901 | 357 | −0.8% |
| 1939 | 603 | +68.9% |
| 1946 | 645 | +7.0% |
| 1962 | 729 | +13.0% |
| 1968 | 727 | −0.3% |
| 1975 | 758 | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 889 | +17.3% |
| 1990 | 1,062 | +19.5% |
| 1999 | 1,341 | +26.3% |
| 2008 | 1,605 | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 1,549 | −3.5% |
| 2014 | 1,528 | −1.4% |
Notable people linked to the commune
Deaths
- Jean Baud (1919-2012), founder of Leader Price.
Others
- 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.[2]
- Vincent Bolloré, French businessman, bought a villa by the sea in 2008.[3]
- 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 medecine.[4]
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Edouard Launet, "Les aventures de Marcel et Gaston", Libération, 6 August 2011
- Louis Laroque, "Maisons de stars" Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, Le Point, 14 August 2008
- Bernard Gourbin, Les Inconnus célèbres de Normandie, éd. Albin Michel, 1995, p. 174-179
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