- Villers-sur-Mer
Villers-sur-Mer is a commune in the
Calvados department in theBasse-Normandie region in northernFrance .Its postal code is 14640. The INSEE code is 147.
Administrative
*Population: 2,340
*Area: 8.99 km²
*Elevation: 38 m
*Canton:Trouville sur Mer Monuments
The flower made dinosaur facing the sea, in the garden of the office of tourism, represents one of the principal monuments of Villers-on-Sea. In certain years, a baby dinosaur is added to the monument.
Villers-sur-Mer is the starting point of the "vaches-noires" cliffs. It contains a multitude of paleontological vestiges. A mini museum in the enclosure of the office of tourism, and has an outline of the resources and discoveries. (A crocodile was found in Normandy!) It is a place universally known by specialists in the amonites and other fossils.
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 operate year round at weekends as well as on week days during the summer season.
ee also
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Communes of the Calvados department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.mairie-villers-sur-mer.fr official Site]
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