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Sallenelles | |
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 Orne estuary | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sallenelles | |
  Sallenelles  Sallenelles | |
| Coordinates:49°15′50″N0°13′41″W / 49.2639°N 0.2281°W /49.2639; -0.2281 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Cabourg |
| Intercommunality | CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Laurent Lemarchand[1] |
Area 1 | 1.25 km2 (0.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 290 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14665 /14121 |
| Elevation | 0–40 m (0–131 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sallenelles (French pronunciation:[salnɛl]) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion in northwesternFrance.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 257 | — |
| 1968 | 306 | +19.1% |
| 1975 | 314 | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 290 | −7.6% |
| 1990 | 240 | −17.2% |
| 1999 | 293 | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 272 | −7.2% |
Most visitors to Sallenelles come to see theOrne estuary, to walk, cycle, or hunt the localwater-fowl, or the Maison de la Nature, a permanent exhibition on the local ecosystem.World War IIveterans come to see the memorial to the BelgianBrigade Piron which liberated the village in 1944.
Sallenelles is on the D514 betweenRanville andMerville-Franceville-Plage. There is also a road toAmfreville. TheBus Verts line 20 has some services that stop at Sallenelles.
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