Ver-sur-Mer

<h2 id="population">Population</h2>
Historical population<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±%</th></tr><tr><th>1962</th><td>623</td><td>—    </td></tr><tr><th>1968</th><td>580</td><td>−6.9%</td></tr><tr><th>1975</th><td>701</td><td>+20.9%</td></tr><tr><th>1982</th><td>966</td><td>+37.8%</td></tr><tr><th>1990</th><td>1,359</td><td>+40.7%</td></tr><tr><th>1999</th><td>1,307</td><td>−3.8%</td></tr><tr><th>2008</th><td>1,565</td><td>+19.7%</td></tr><tr><th>2014</th><td>1,589</td><td>+1.5%</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<h3>Richard Evelyn Byrd</h3>

<p>On 1 July 1927, Commander <a href="/facts/Richard_Evelyn_Byrd/0Anhokww">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a> was forced to crash land his plane, <i><a href="/facts/America_(aircraft)/Yoy1SYxs">America</a></i>, in the sea off Ver-sur-Mer after his attempt at the first mail-carrying flight across the Atlantic failed.
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<p>On 6 June 1944, <a href="/facts/D-Day/q4wsAqGV">D-Day</a>, the British <a href="/facts/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division/IXVpl5u6">50th Infantry Division</a> landed at Ver-sur-Mer as part of the Normandy Landings invasion, <a href="/facts/Operation_Overlord/fcx7BD00">Operation Overlord</a>. In 2021, the British Commonwealth of Nations soldiers who participated in the landing were commemorated with <a href="/facts/British_Normandy_Memorial/qeLCVuKQ">British Normandy Memorial</a> near the village.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Communes_of_the_Calvados_department/UtKwMtTW">Communes of the Calvados department</a></li></ul>

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