Villers-sur-Mer
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Villers-sur-Mer is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its postal code is 14640. The INSEE code is 147.
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[edit] Administrative
- Population: 2,340
- Area: 8.99 km²
- Elevation: 38 m
- Canton: Trouville sur Mer
[edit] 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-on-sea 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.
[edit] Transport
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.
