Côte Fleurie
Deauville, by Eugène Boudin.
Falaises des Vaches Noires on the Côte Fleurie.
Côte Fleurie (French pronunciation: [kot flœ.ʁi]) is part of the Lower Normandy coast on the English Channel in the North of the Pays d'Auge, it constitutes the Eastern coast of the department Calvados.
The name is a reference to the green and flowered countryside of the country lying beyond the coastal hills and to the numerous resorts along the coast. From East to West, these are:
- Honfleur
- Villerville
- Trouville-sur-Mer
- Deauville
- Bénerville-sur-Mer
- Tourgéville
- Blonville-sur-Mer
- Villers-sur-Mer
- Houlgate
- Dives-sur-Mer
- Cabourg
- La Home-Varaville
- Merville-Franceville-Plage
- Sallenelles
The coast between the towns of Trouville and Honfleur, although part of the Côte Fleurie, is named Côte de Grace. Dives-sur-Mer is on the Côte Fleurie but possesses no beach or seafront. It is the Brigade Piron that liberated the Côte Fleurie in September 1944.
References
- (French) La Côte fleurie d'antan, Muriel Maurice-Juhasz, HC Éditions, 2006: 400 cartes postales anciennes.
- "Normandy’s Quiet Glamour", New York Times, Aug. 8, 2010