Dives-sur-Mer
Dives-sur-Mer (, literally Dives on Sea; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.
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- Dives-sur-Mer
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,906
- Timezone
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Dives-sur-Mer (, literally Dives on Sea; ) 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.
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