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Commune of Tracy-sur-Mer |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Ryes |
| Intercommunality | Bayeux |
| Mayor | Eric Le Gagneur (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–74 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The French department of Calvados forms part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The Arrondissement of Bayeux an arrondissement of France located in the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The canton of Ryes is a canton of the Calvados département in northwestern France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 5 m) |
| Land area¹ | 3. 72 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
240 |
| - Density | 64/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 14709/ 14117 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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Tracy-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France. The following is a list of the 706 communes of the Calvados département in France. The French department of Calvados forms part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
History
The city was part of the west flank of the British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during the first days of the D-day invasion, in close proximity to the port of Arromanches-les-Bains, also known as Gold Beach. The 50th (Northumbrian Infantry Division was a 1st Line Territorial Army division during the Second World War. D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote Arromanches-les-Bains (or simply Arromanches) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region Gold Beach was the Allied Codename for the centre invasion landing area during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy on June
Sights
Tracy-sur-Mer has a well-preserved Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin dating from the 13th century[1]. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. Saint Martin is a tropical Island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km (186 miles east of Puerto Rico.
Demographics
Historical population (Population sans doubles comptes after 1962):
- 1962: 213
- 1968: 225
- 1975: 207
- 1982: 217
- 1990: 252
- 1999: 240
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