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Trouville-sur-Mer

Normandy, France · Europe

About Trouville-sur-Mer

Trouville-sur-Mer is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Blonville-sur-Mer, 39km from Etretat Cliffs.

Trouville-sur-Mer is a town located in Normandy, France. With a population of 5,751, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, Trouville-sur-Mer sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Trouville-sur-Mer to your route.

About Trouville-sur-Mer

Trouville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [tʁuvil syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Trouville on Sea), commonly referred to as Trouville, is a city of 4,603 inhabitants in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville across the River Touques. This fishing-village on the

Read more English Channel became a popular tourist attraction (beach-resort and holiday-destination) in Normandy from the 19th century. Its long sandy beach earned then the nickname of "queen of the beaches" ("Reine des plages") or "most beautiful beach in the world". The name of Trouville is frequently associated with the names of the numerous painters that visited it and painted there, especially during the second part of the XIXth century: Claude Monet, Eugène Boudin, Raoul Dufy, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte, Fernand Léger, etc. Trouville remains today a city of leisure and vacation with a casino and numerous festivals, as well as a city of culture (Marcel Proust, Marguerite Duras, Raymond Savignac, etc.). Numerous celebrities own vacation homes in the city: Gérard Depardieu, Antoine de Caunes, Bettina Rheims, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Karl Zéro, etc. Close to Paris and easily accessible by train, Trouville (as well as neighbouring Deauville) earned the nickname of 21st "Arrondissements of Paris".

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Trouville-sur-Mer is located in Normandy, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.3659 latitude, 0.0800 longitude.

What is the population of Trouville-sur-Mer?

Trouville-sur-Mer has a population of approximately 5,751 people, making it a town in France.

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Quick Information

Population
5,751
Continent
Europe
Country
France
Region
Normandy
Timezone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
49.3659, 0.0800

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in France

Police
17
Ambulance
15
Fire
18
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.

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Worth the detour from Trouville-sur-Mer

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

beach

Deauville Beach

Glamorous Belle Époque seaside resort with parasol-dotted sands and the famous wooden boardwalk.

1 km · about 5 min drive

landmark

Honfleur Old Harbor

A picturesque Normandy port with tall, narrow slate-fronted houses lining the Vieux Bassin, beloved by Impressionist painters.

13 km · about 25 min drive

bridge

Pont de Normandie

A soaring cable-stayed bridge leaping 2 km across the Seine estuary between Le Havre and Honfleur; on opening in 1995 its 856 m main span was the longest of its kind in the world.

16 km · about 30 min drive

natural wonder

Etretat Cliffs

Spectacular white chalk cliffs with dramatic natural arches plunging into the turquoise waters of the English Channel.

39 km · about 45 min drive

museum

Palais Bénédictine

Flamboyant neo-Gothic-and-Renaissance palace in Fécamp built in the 1880s purely to distil Bénédictine liqueur: still a working distillery, with an art collection, aroma room and tasting cellar.

48 km · about 55 min drive

coastal drive

D-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514)

The coast road threading the five 1944 landing beaches from Utah to Sword, past Arromanches' Mulberry harbour remains, gun batteries and memorials: Normandy's essential remembrance drive.

51 km · about 60 min drive

museum

Bayeux Tapestry Museum

Home to the extraordinary 70-meter-long medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

58 km · about 65 min drive

cathedral

Bayeux Cathedral

A soaring Norman-Gothic cathedral in the first town liberated in 1944, home town of the famous tapestry.

58 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Trouville-sur-Mer

  • 16 kmPont de NormandieA soaring cable-stayed bridge leaping 2 km across the Seine estuary between Le Havre and Honfleur; on opening in 1995 its 856 m main span was the longest of its kind in the world.
  • 51 kmD-Day Beaches Coastal Road (D514)The coast road threading the five 1944 landing beaches from Utah to Sword, past Arromanches' Mulberry harbour remains, gun batteries and memorials: Normandy's essential remembrance drive.
  • 64 kmSuisse NormandeA miniature Alps of green gorges and rocky bluffs along the River Orne, beloved by drivers and climbers.
  • 67 kmRouen-Les-EssartsA fearsome downhill road circuit whose cobbled Nouveau Monde hairpin hosted five French Grands Prix. The track closed in 1994 and the pits were demolished, but the roads through the Normandy forest remain public and the hairpin is unmistakable.
  • 77 kmPointe du HocCratered clifftop where US Rangers scaled sheer rock under fire on D-Day, bunkers still scarring the landscape.

Driving in France

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.85/litre
Motorway tolls
~€10.00/100km

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Trouville-sur-Mer.

Deauville

🇫🇷 France

1 km awayPop. 4,677

Touques

🇫🇷 France

3 km awayPop. 3,681

Blonville-sur-Mer

🇫🇷 France

5 km awayPop. 1,412

Villers-sur-Mer

🇫🇷 France

8 km awayPop. 2,622

Saint-Gatien-des-Bois

🇫🇷 France

8 km awayPop. 1,230

Équemauville

🇫🇷 France

10 km awayPop. 1,275

Pont-l'Évêque

🇫🇷 France

12 km awayPop. 4,739

Honfleur

🇫🇷 France

13 km awayPop. 8,148

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