Bernières-sur-Mer
| Bernières-sur-Mer | ||
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Notre Dame | ||
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  Bernières-sur-Mer | ||
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Location within Lower Normandy region  Bernières-sur-Mer | ||
| Coordinates: 49°19′59″N 0°25′14″W / 49.3331°N 0.4206°WCoordinates: 49°19′59″N 0°25′14″W / 49.3331°N 0.4206°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Canton | Douvres-la-Délivrande | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Maryvonne Mottin | |
| Area1 | 7.66 km2 (2.96 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 2,371 | |
| • Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14066 / 14990 | |
| Elevation |
0–55 m (0–180 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Bernières-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The town was liberated by The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada on the 6th of June, 1944 along with the Le Régiment de la Chaudière, a French Canadian infantry unit as part of the leading assault wave of D-Day Operation Overlord which began the liberation of France in World War II.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 1,245 | — |
| 1800 | 1,288 | +3.5% |
| 1806 | 1,403 | +8.9% |
| 1821 | 1,443 | +2.9% |
| 1831 | 1,482 | +2.7% |
| 1836 | 1,460 | −1.5% |
| 1841 | 1,368 | −6.3% |
| 1846 | 1,414 | +3.4% |
| 1851 | 1,378 | −2.5% |
| 1856 | 1,301 | −5.6% |
| 1861 | 1,198 | −7.9% |
| 1866 | 1,235 | +3.1% |
| 1872 | 1,130 | −8.5% |
| 1876 | 1,078 | −4.6% |
| 1881 | 966 | −10.4% |
| 1886 | 916 | −5.2% |
| 1891 | 836 | −8.7% |
| 1896 | 807 | −3.5% |
| 1901 | 864 | +7.1% |
| 1906 | 876 | +1.4% |
| 1911 | 820 | −6.4% |
| 1921 | 812 | −1.0% |
| 1926 | 740 | −8.9% |
| 1931 | 815 | +10.1% |
| 1936 | 803 | −1.5% |
| 1946 | 981 | +22.2% |
| 1954 | 1,065 | +8.6% |
| 1962 | 930 | −12.7% |
| 1968 | 964 | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 1,053 | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 1,548 | +47.0% |
| 1990 | 1,563 | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,882 | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 2,371 | +26.0% |
Twin towns
- Eisingen, Bavaria, Germany since 1994.
See also
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