Blonville-sur-Mer
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
| 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 | ||
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.
- Vincent Bolloré, French businessman, bought a villa by the sea in 2008.
- 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.