Villers-sur-Mer

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Villers-sur-Mer

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Villers-sur-Mer
Location within Lower Normandy region Villers-sur-Mer
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Trouville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Cœur Côte Fleurie
Mayor	Gérard Vauclin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	3–136 m (9.8–446 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
Land area¹	8.99 km² (3.47 sq mi)
Population²	2,652 (2008)
- Density	295 /km² (760 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14754/ 14640
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°19′17″N 0°00′18″W / 49.3214°N 0.005°W / 49.3214; -0.005

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Villers-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population

The town had a population of 2652 in 2008, a growth of just over 1,000 residents since 1962.^{[citation needed]}

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Sights

Railway station

Topiary dinosaurs address the sea

Villers-sur-Mer is known for the large topiary dinosaurs facing the sea from the garden of the office of tourism. In certain years, a baby dinosaur is added to the garden.

Villers-sur-Mer is the starting point of the Vaches Noires cliffs - a site where many fossils have been discovered. A mini museum in the enclosure of the office of tourism, and has an outline of the resources and discoveries. It is a place universally known by specialists in the amonites and other fossils.

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Transportation

Villers-sur-Mer station is on the line from Deauville to Dives-sur-Mer. The station building is no longer open but train services operates year-round on weekends as well as on weekdays during the summer.

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