Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer

Omaha Beach
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer

Coordinates: 49°21′34″N 0°52′35″W / 49.3594°N 0.8764°W / 49.3594; -0.8764Coordinates: 49°21′34″N 0°52′35″W / 49.3594°N 0.8764°W / 49.3594; -0.8764
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Trévières
Intercommunality Trévières
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Catherine Chartier
Area1 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 242
  Density 62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 14605 / 14710
Elevation 3–76 m (9.8–249.3 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The town is located not far from Omaha Beach, where, in World War II, American soldiers defeated the Nazis on 6 June 1944 (D-Day).

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962199    
1968174−12.6%
1975161−7.5%
1982188+16.8%
1990163−13.3%
1999184+12.9%
2008242+31.5%

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