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Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer | |
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 Omaha Beach | |
 Location of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer | |
  Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer  Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates:49°21′34″N0°52′35″W / 49.3594°N 0.8764°W /49.3594; -0.8764 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Denis Madouasse[1] |
Area 1 | 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 268 |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14605 /14710 |
| Elevation | 3–76 m (9.8–249.3 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃loʁɑ̃syʁmɛʁ]ⓘ, literallySaint-Laurent on Sea) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion in northwesternFrance. The town is located not far fromOmaha Beach, where, inWorld War II, Allied forces landed duringD-Day.
It was also the location of a BritishCommando raid -Operation Curlew during January 1942.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 199 | — |
| 1968 | 174 | −12.6% |
| 1975 | 161 | −7.5% |
| 1982 | 188 | +16.8% |
| 1990 | 163 | −13.3% |
| 1999 | 184 | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 242 | +31.5% |
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