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Location within Lower Normandy region
Bernières-sur-Mer
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Douvres-la-Délivrande |
| Mayor | Maryvonne Mottin (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–55 m (0–180 ft) (avg. 4 m/13 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.66 km2 (2.96 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,371 (2008) |
| - Density | 310 /km2 (800 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14066/ 14990 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bernières-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
In 1944, Le Régiment de la Chaudière, a French Canadian infantry unit, came ashore at Bernières-sur-Mer as a part of Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings which began the liberation of France in World War II.
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| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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| Population | 1245 | 1288 | 1403 | 1443 | 1482 | 1460 | 1368 | 1414 | 1378 | 1301 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 1198 | 1235 | 1130 | 1078 | 966 | 916 | 836 | 807 | 864 | 876 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 820 | 812 | 740 | 815 | 803 | 981 | 1065 | 930 | 964 | 1053 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 1548 | 1563 | 1882 | 2371 |