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Lion-sur-Mer
Sign in to saveLion-sur-Mer (, literally Lion on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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Lion-sur-Mer is a commune in France, situated in the Calvados department within the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Douvres-la-Délivrande. It is located in the Normandy region and shares borders with Cresserons, Hermanville-sur-Mer, and Luc-sur-Mer. The commune has an area of 4.75 square kilometers and an elevation above sea level of 30 meters.
The population of Lion-sur-Mer is 2,641, comprising 1,184 males and 1,277 females. The residents are known as Lionnais. The postal code for the area is 14780, and it falls within the Europe/Paris timezone. The commune received the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 award.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lion-sur-Mer
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,534
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Lion-sur-Mer
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Lion-sur-Mer Digue vue de la plage.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Beach along the English Channel
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Lion-sur-Mer (Calvados).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Caen
- French commune.canton
- Ouistreham
- French commune.intercommunality
- CU Caen la Mer
- French commune.mayor
- Magali Saint
- French commune.term
- 2024–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 6
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 30
- French commune.area km2
- 4.75
- French commune.INSEE
- 14365
- French commune.postal code
- 14780
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Lion-sur-Mer
- Demonym
- Lionnais
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Douvres-la-Délivrande
- Population
- 2486
- Area
- 4.75
- Elevation
- 15
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Luc-sur-Mer
- Official website
- www.lionsurmer.com
- Image
- Lion-sur-Mer Plage Ouest.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lion-sur-Mer
- postal code
- 14780
- associated electoral district
- canton of Ouistreham
- male population
- 1184
- female population
- 1277
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-31-36-12-00
- fax number
- +33-2-31-36-11-99
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
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- Population
- Sights
- Events
- Sport
- International relations
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- Bibliography
- External links
Lion-sur-Mer (, literally Lion on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
==Geography== Lion-sur-Mer is located on the edge of the English Channel, more precisely on the Côte de Nacre (Mother of Pearl Coast), about North of Caen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lion-sur-Mer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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