Graye-sur-Mer
Sign in to saveGraye-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, in northwestern France, approximately 1 km west of Courseulles-sur-Mer, and 18 km east of Bayeux.
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Place details
- Locality
- Graye-sur-Mer
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 622
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Graye-sur-Mer
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Graye-sur-Mer.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church in Graye-sur-Mer
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Graye-sur-Mer (Calvados).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Bayeux
- French commune.canton
- Courseulles-sur-Mer
- French commune.INSEE
- 14318
- French commune.postal code
- 14470
- French commune.mayor
- Pascal Thiberge
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Seulles Terre Mer
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Graye
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bayeux
- Population
- +773
- Area
- +6.54
- Elevation
- +21
- Shares border with
- Ver-sur-Mer
- Official website
- www.graye-sur-mer.org
- Image
- Graye-sur-Mer.JPG
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Graye-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, in northwestern France, approximately 1 km west of Courseulles-sur-Mer, and 18 km east of Bayeux.
The commune probably acquired its name from an old landed estate in its vicinity owned by Anchetil de Greye, a Norman chevalier and vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the great magnates of early Norman England, and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.