Blonville-sur-Mer explained
| Blonville-sur-Mer |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | COA fr Blonville-sur-mer.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Lisieux |
| Canton: | Pont-l'Évêque |
| Insee: | 14079 |
| Postal Code: | 14910 |
| Mayor: | Yves Lemonnier[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Cœur Côte Fleurie |
| Coordinates: | 49.3392°N 0.0314°W |
| Elevation M: | 101 |
| Elevation Min M: | 2 |
| Elevation Max M: | 112 |
| Area Km2: | 6.8 |
Blonville-sur-Mer (in French pronounced as /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
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.
Notable people linked to the commune
Deaths
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 medicine.[4]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
- Edouard Launet, "Les aventures de Marcel et Gaston", Libération, 6 August 2011
- Louis Laroque, "Maisons de stars", Le Point, 14 August 2008
- Bernard Gourbin, Les Inconnus célèbres de Normandie, éd. Albin Michel, 1995,
