Blonville-sur-Mer

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Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Blonville-sur-Mer

(2020–2026) Yves Lemonnier^[1]Area

6.8 km² (2.6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,550 • Density230/km² (590/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

14079 /14910

Elevation2–112 m (6.6–367.5 ft)
(avg. 101 m or 331 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blonville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [blɔ̃vil syʁ mɛʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Blonville on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is a seaside resort on the Côte Fleurie with a long sandy beach.

Transport

Blonville-sur-Mer is on the railway line from Deauville to Dives-sur-Mer. The station building (Blonville-Bénerville) is no longer open but train services operate year-round at weekends as well as on week days during the summer season.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	727	—
1975	758	+0.60%
1982	889	+2.30%
1990	1,062	+2.25%
1999	1,341	+2.63%
2009	1,592	+1.73%
2014	1,528	−0.82%
2020	1,552	+0.26%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notable people linked to the commune

Deaths

Jean Baud (1919-2012), founder of Leader Price.

Others

Robert Gangnat, representative of the society of dramatic authors. It was at his home that the publisher Gaston Gallimard first met Marcel Proust, in August 1908.^[4]
Vincent Bolloré, French businessman, bought a villa by the sea in 2008.^[5]
The writer and member of the French Resistance René Hardy (1911-1987) lived here from 1974 to 1982 in a villa rented to a professor of medicine.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Edouard Launet, "Les aventures de Marcel et Gaston", Libération, 6 August 2011
^ Louis Laroque, "Maisons de stars" Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, Le Point, 14 August 2008
^ Bernard Gourbin, Les Inconnus célèbres de Normandie, éd. Albin Michel, 1995, p. 174-179