Dives-sur-Mer
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Dives-sur-Mer
|commune status = Commune
|image = FranceNormandieDivesSurMerEglise.jpg
|caption = 13th and 14th Century church in Dives-sur-Mer{{Base Mérimée|PA00111283}}
|image coat of arms = CoA_fr_Dives.svg
|arrondissement = Lisieux
|canton = Cabourg
|INSEE = 14225
|postal code = 14160
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge
|coordinates = {{coord|49.2864|-0.1|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 4
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 135
|area km2 = 6.46
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Dives-sur-Mer ({{IPA|fr|div syʁ mɛʁ|-|Fr-Paris--Dives-sur-Mer.ogg}}, literally Dives on Sea; {{langx|nrf|Dives sus Mé}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.
History
It was from the harbour of Dives-sur-Mer that William the Conqueror set out on the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. On the night before sailing to Pevensey Bay for battle, William and 475 barons and knights from Normandy, Flanders, and Brittany attended Dives-sur-Mer Church for Mass and prayers. After much research in the 18th century, the French government placed a monumental plaque in the church listing by name all 475 companions of the Conqueror on that great mission Book One of "One Family's Journey Through Ten Centuries, by William Lilly contains analysis at Appendix d, p. 1395 of the efforts to determine who those knights were. The medieval wooden market hall and the 13th-14th-century church are the main attractions of the town.
Population
{{Historical populations
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|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|11881|Dives-sur-Mer}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14225#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |370
|1800 |349
|1806 |409
|1821 |418
|1831 |589
|1836 |541
|1841 |518
|1846 |503
|1851 |539
|1856 |589
|1861 |656
|1866 |854
|1872 |826
|1876 |871
|1881 |1001
|1886 |1097
|1891 |1441
|1896 |1720
|1901 |3450
|1906 |3453
|1911 |3614
|1921 |4233
|1926 |4460
|1931 |5577
|1936 |5300
|1946 |5046
|1954 |5893
|1962 |6258
|1968 |6299
|1975 |5872
|1982 |5508
|1990 |5344
|1999 |5812
|2007 |5890
|2012 |5867
|2017 |5546
}}
Transport
Dives-sur-Mer is served by two stations on the railway line from Deauville to Dives-sur-Mer: Gare de Dives-Cabourg and the station Dives-sur-Mer-Port-Guillaume. Train services operate year-round at weekends as well as on weekdays during the summer season. Dives is also on line no. 20 of the Calvados bus company Bus Verts du Calvados.
Sport
SU Dives-Cabourg is a football club, that was formed in 1929 and plays at Stade André Heurtematte.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statfootballclubfrance.fr/sport-union-dives-sur-mer.php|title=SU Dives-Cabourg Football|website=www.statfootballclubfrance.fr}}
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See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.dives-sur-mer.com/ Official site]
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Category:Communes of Calvados (department)
Category:Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Category:Populated coastal places in France
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