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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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Dives-sur-Mer is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Dozulé, Calvados, and the arrondissement of Lisieux. The town shares borders with Cabourg, Gonneville-sur-Mer, Grangues, and Houlgate. Its official name is also listed as Dives, and it is named after Dives and the English Channel. The administrative area covers 6.46 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 135 meters.
The population of Dives-sur-Mer is recorded as 6,299, comprising 2,562 males and 2,984 females. Another source lists the population as 5,906. The town is associated with the canton of Cabourg for electoral purposes and has a postal code of 14160. It is twinned with Oberkochen. The local timezone is Europe/Paris.
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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
- French commune.elevation m
- 4
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 135
- French commune.area km2
- 6.46
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- English Channel
- Official name
- Dives
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Dozulé
- Population
- 5122
- Area
- 6.46
- Elevation
- 41
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Varaville
- Official website
- www.dives-sur-mer.fr
- Image
- FranceNormandieDivesSurMerEglise.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Oberkochen
- Commons category
- Dives-sur-Mer
- postal code
- 14160
- topic's main category
- Category:Dives-sur-Mer
- associated electoral district
- canton of Cabourg
- male population
- 2562
- female population
- 2984
- P8168
- Alana Beard
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-31-28-12-50
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Transport
- Sport
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dives-sur-Mer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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