Vierville-sur-Mer

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Vierville-sur-Mer
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Vierville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°22′30″N0°54′14″W / 49.375°N 0.9039°W / 49.375; -0.9039
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Trévières
Intercommunality CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Antoine de Bellaigue [1]
Area
1
6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020) [2]
231
  Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14745 /14710
Elevation0–62 m (0–203 ft)
(avg. 46 m or 151 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vierville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vjɛʁvilsyʁmɛʁ] , literally Vierville on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France.

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History

World War II

Black soldiers tracking a sniper Omaha Beachhead, near Vierville-sur-Mer, France. 10 June 1944 A platoon of Negro troops surrounds a farm house in a town in France, as they prepare to eliminate a German sniper... - NARA - 531188.jpg
Black soldiers tracking a sniper Omaha Beachhead, near Vierville-sur-Mer, France. 10 June 1944
Honor guard with the flag and a bugler during a mass at the site of the first temporary cemetery in Vierville, June 10, 1944. Cimetiere provisoire a Vierville.jpg
Honor guard with the flag and a bugler during a mass at the site of the first temporary cemetery in Vierville, June 10, 1944.

On 6 June 1944 (D-Day), the U.S. Army's 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, along with the 5th Ranger Battalion, and A, B, and C Companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion landed on Dog Green, Dog White, Dog Red, and Easy Green sectors of Omaha Beach, below Vierville-sur-Mer, starting at 6.30 am.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 265    
1975 255−0.55%
1982 292+1.95%
1990 256−1.63%
1999 237−0.85%
2009 244+0.29%
2014 251+0.57%
2020 231−1.37%
Source: INSEE [3]

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE