Dives-sur-Mer
Sign in to saveDives-sur-Mer (, literally Dives on Sea; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dives-sur-Mer
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,906
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Dives-sur-Mer
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- FranceNormandieDivesSurMerEglise.jpg
- French commune.caption
- 13th and 14th Century church in Dives-sur-Mer
- French commune.image coat of arms
- CoA_fr_Dives.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lisieux
- French commune.canton
- Cabourg
- French commune.INSEE
- 14225
- French commune.postal code
- 14160
- French commune.mayor
- Pierre Mouraret
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- English Channel
- Official name
- Dives
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lisieux
- Population
- +5122
- Area
- +6.46
- Elevation
- +41
- Shares border with
- Varaville
- Official website
- www.dives-sur-mer.fr
- Image
- FranceNormandieDivesSurMerEglise.jpg
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Dives-sur-Mer (, literally Dives on Sea; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.
==History== It was from the harbour of Dives-sur-Mer that William the Conqueror set out on the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. On the night before sailing to Pevensey Bay for battle, William and 475 barons and knights from Normandy, Flanders and Brittany attended Dives-sur-Mer church for Mass and prayers.