Finding your way through the archives
Site map
Explore the five guides and the available collections. Municipal newsletters and council minutes are brought together in the village and municipal archives.
History of Vierville
An illustrated history of Vierville-sur-Mer: its origins, estates, former harbour, the Revolution, land surveys, seaside holidays, war, reconstruction and remembrance.
All collections in this section (7)
- Administrative history of Vierville
- History of intercommunal networks and services
- Landmarks on the history of Vierville
- Mayors and former municipal councils of Vierville
- Michel Hardelay: letter on the old port, the cliffs and the history of Vierville
- The former intercommunality of Trévières
- Vierville-sur-Mer: the village and its archives
Places and heritage
Explore Vierville-sur-Mer and the Bessin through Yves Cordelle’s archives: churches, châteaux, hamlets, the beach, landscapes and neighbouring villages.
All collections in this section (86)
- Abbé Edgeworth in Vierville: refuge and escape in 1796
- Abbé Le Paulmier, parish priest of Vierville: autobiography
- Altena: the parish twinning of Vierville
- Association Notre-Dame de Louvières: 2010 general meeting
- Birds and cliffs of Bessin: old protection documents
- Christian Cauvet: reptiles and batracians of Bessin, 2003 article
- Cliffs and Estran du Bessin: natural inventory preserved in the fund
- Climate and weather events in the archives of Vierville
- Colleville-sur-Mer before 1944: postcards and documents
- Crespigny: the mansion and the Champion family
- Englesqueville-la-Percée before 1944: old views
- Fishing and wrecks on the coast of Louvières
- Fosses-Taillis: the hamlet between Vierville and Saint-Laurent
- Geology and soils of Vierville
- Grandcamp-les-Bains before 1944: old postcards
- Guerberue: the hamlet of Vierville in pictures
- Isigny-sur-Mer before 1944: old postcards
- Jellyfish of Bessin: documents of 2014
- L'Ormel: history of the Vierville manor farm
- Le Ruquet in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer: old images
- Les Isles: disappeared castle, farms and old images
- Les Moulins in Saint-Laurent: shops and hotels
- Les Moulins in Saint-Laurent: villas on the seafront
- Louvières and its surroundings: 2001 orthophotoplans
- Louvières-en-Bessin
- Louvières-en-Bessin in the old maps
- Louvières-en-Bessin: ancient geological record
- Louvières: the three bosses and the three parish priests
- Moulins beach in Saint-Laurent in postcards
- Omaha Beach: ranking presentation report, June 2004
- Port-en-Bessin and Sainte-Honorine: views from before 1944
- Relief and cliffs of Vierville: descriptions and old maps
- Remarkable wood and hedges: an ancient inventory of the landscape
- Saint-André Church: postcards and photographs
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer school: documents and images
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer: ancient geological notice
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer: history and heritage
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer: orthophotoplans of 2001
- Saint-Sever Castle in Vierville: ancient views
- Seabirds: documents from the coast of Vierville
- Than's mansion: history, families and memories
- Than's mansion: images before and after 1944
- The boulevard of Cauvigny: history and images of the waterfront
- The castle and priory of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
- The castle of Gruchy in Louvières: history and images
- The castle of Vierville
- The castle of Vierville and its park after the war
- The castle of Vierville: aerial views of June 14, 2017
- The castle of Vierville: facades and old views
- The castle of Vierville: history of the owner families
- The castle of Vierville: park, commons and turrets before the war
- The church of Louvières-en-Bessin: history and heritage
- The church of Saint-André de Vierville
- The church of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer: history and images
- The cliffs of Louvières and the tip of the Percée
- The coast of Vierville towards the Percée in pictures
- The Countess of Hautefeuille and the castle of Vierville: biographical notice
- The Countess of Hautefeuille: excerpt from "Castles and thatched houses"
- The covered wells of Vierville
- The crossroads of the town: evolution in pictures
- The fountains and the Vierville washhouse in pictures
- The geological history of the shore of Vierville
- The Hamel to the Priest: documents and photographs
- The historical and landscape heritage of Vierville
- The kermesse des Cinq Clochers: parish memories
- The Louvières road and the hamlet of Isles
- The maintenance of the church of Louvières in the archives
- The map of the diocese of Bayeux from 1675: texts and legends
- The origins and history of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
- The parish priests of Vierville: old records and registers
- The Pointe du Hoc and neighboring villages before 1944
- The ranking of the Omaha Beach site: archives and documents
- The small heritage of Vierville: walls, wells and remains
- The streets of Écoles and Mont-Olive in pictures
- The tides in Vierville: marnage, flood and jusant
- The Vaumicel: buildings, park and landscape heritage
- The villa Les Moulins: story of a house in Omaha Beach
- The village and Pavée Street: postcards and photographs
- The village of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in old images
- The waters of Vierville: geography and planning archives
- Topographic map of the Château de Vierville and the descent to the sea
- Trévières before 1944: postcards and documents
- Vacqueville: history of the hamlet and its farm
- Vaumicel Castle: history and families
- Vaumicel Castle: postcards and old views
- Vierville beach: postcards and photographs
Everyday life in the past
Discover everyday life in Vierville-sur-Mer: farming, trades, the little railway, holidays, school, village celebrations and municipal archives.
All collections in this section (96)
- "Vive Vierville": song by Simone Pourchez
- Agriculture, fishing and rural life in Vierville
- Auguste Blin, forge of Vierville: photographs of the forge
- Care in Vierville: historical landmarks
- City Council Report — April 26, 2010
- City Council Working Groups and Committees — undated document
- City Council — blank document, assigned as of March 14, 2008
- Communal employees in the history of Vierville
- Echoes of local life: miscellaneous facts and old press
- Extract from the deliberation of the municipal council — February 7, 2005
- Extract from the deliberation of the municipal council — July 10, 2009
- Extract from the deliberation of the municipal council — November 17, 2005
- Extract from the deliberation of the municipal council — October 13, 2005
- Extract of deliberation of the municipal council — 30 March 2005
- Friends of the Beach: parties and leisure in the archives
- History of associations and leisure
- History of hotels and the reception of resorters
- History of tourism in Vierville
- Houses and dwellings: evolution of the village in old documents
- L'hôtel du Casino: postcards and history of the establishment
- Le Gallois establishments: bazaar, cabins and beach brasserie
- Memory associations — history and documents
- Minutes of the City Council — 1 March 2007
- Minutes of the City Council — 10 September 2010
- Minutes of the City Council — 16 January 2009
- Minutes of the City Council — 19 July 2005
- Minutes of the City Council — 19 July 2007
- Minutes of the City Council — 19 November 2007
- Minutes of the City Council — 19 November 2009
- Minutes of the City Council — 21 March 2006
- Minutes of the City Council — 21 November 2008
- Minutes of the City Council — 23 May 2008
- Minutes of the City Council — 27 January 2010
- Minutes of the City Council — 5 March 2010
- Minutes of the City Council — 6 February 2009
- Minutes of the City Council — 9 April 2010
- Minutes of the City Council — April 27, 2006
- Minutes of the City Council — April 4, 2008
- Minutes of the City Council — February 18, 2008
- Minutes of the City Council — January 13, 2006
- Minutes of the City Council — January 25, 2007
- Minutes of the City Council — January 27, 2012
- Minutes of the City Council — July 5, 2007
- Minutes of the City Council — June 13, 2006
- Minutes of the City Council — May 20, 2011
- Minutes of the City Council — November 25, 2011
- Minutes of the City Council — November 5, 2010
- Minutes of the City Council — September 1, 2011
- Minutes of the City Council — September 11, 2009
- Minutes of the City Council — September 12, 2008
- Minutes of the municipal council — 28 March 2007
- Minutes of the municipal council — 28 November 2006
- Minutes of the Municipal Council — 29 March 2006
- Minutes of the municipal council — April 29, 2011
- Minutes of the municipal council — February 9, 2012
- Minutes of the municipal council — July 25, 2006
- Minutes of the municipal council — July 9, 2010
- Minutes of the municipal council — June 16, 2008
- Minutes of the municipal council — March 27, 2009
- Municipal Bulletin No. 1 — November 2002
- Municipal Bulletin No. 10 — May 2007
- Municipal Bulletin No. 11 — December 2007
- Municipal Bulletin No. 12 — June 2008
- Municipal Bulletin No. 13 — February 2009
- Municipal Bulletin No. 2 — May 2003
- Municipal Bulletin No. 3 — December 2003
- Municipal Bulletin No. 4 — May 2004
- Municipal Bulletin No. 5 — November 2004
- Municipal Bulletin No. 6 — May 2005
- Municipal Bulletin No. 7 — December 2005
- Municipal Bulletin No. 8 — May 2006
- Municipal Bulletin No. 9 — December 2006
- Municipal Council Report — April 17, 2008
- Municipal Council Report — March 20, 2008
- Roads and trails
- Sailing and paragliding: history of wind sports in Vierville
- Shops, businesses and artisans
- The ADTLB in Vierville: visits, shows and walks in the archives
- The CCAS in the archives of communal life
- The Charles de Bellaigue association: archives
- The cliff campsite: archives and photographs since 1970
- The fish merchant and her dog hitch
- The Hôtel de la Plage, now Hotel de la Place: images and documents
- The Hôtel des Touristes, now La Pie qui Tette: images and documents
- The hunting society of Vierville and Saint-Laurent
- The little train and the transport of Vierville: documents and photographs
- The Omaha Club
- The population of Vierville: censuses and old developments
- The port of Vierville in the 16th and 17th centuries
- The school of Vierville: buildings, teachers and souvenirs
- The shops and trades of Vierville
- The vintage boiler: documents on the manufacture of calvados
- Tourism associations and tourist offices: a local history
- Tourism in Vierville before 1939
- Vaumicel equestrian club
- Vierville educational leisure: activities and memories
War and reconstruction
Letters, eyewitness accounts and photographs tell the story of Vierville under occupation, the fighting of 1944, destruction, reconstruction and remembrance.
All collections in this section (41)
- A ceremony at the Château de Vierville: family photographs
- Boulevard de Cauvigny, center-west sector: destruction and reconstruction
- Boulevard de Cauvigny, central-east sector: destruction and reconstruction
- Boulevard de Cauvigny, east sector: destruction and reconstruction
- Boulevard de Cauvigny, west sector: destruction and reconstruction
- Ceremonies and tributes to the Resistance in Vierville — June 6, 2010
- Commemorations of the Landing in Vierville — June 2007
- Commemorations of the Landing in Vierville — June 6, 2011
- Houses of the village and hamlets: destruction and reconstruction
- June ceremonies: Norman White and Deep Respect
- Letters from a refugee in Vierville to her son in South America
- Louvières: the situation on the morning of June 7, 1944
- May 8 ceremonies in Vierville and Trévières
- Municipal events after 1945
- Roads, networks and agricultural land: the reconstruction of Vierville
- Rues de la Mer et de la Percée: destruction and reconstruction
- Than's mansion during the 1943–1944 war
- The 115th American regiment to Louvières in June 1944
- The 175th American Regiment of Gruchy in La Cambe
- The 50th anniversary of the Landing in Vierville
- The 55th anniversary of the Landing in Vierville
- The 60th anniversary of the landing in Vierville
- The 70th anniversary of the landing in Vierville
- The castle of Vierville under the Occupation and during the fighting
- The cliffs of Louvières seen in June 1943
- The demining of Vierville after the war
- The destruction of 1944
- The fighting of June 6, 1944 in Gruchy
- The German defenses of Louvières in 1944
- The June 1944 fighting in the Ormel
- The Landing in Vierville: illustrated story of June 6, 1944
- The memorials of Vierville: images and history
- The museums of the Landing in Vierville: history and collections
- The public buildings of Vierville: destruction and reconstruction
- The Rangers of Louvières towards the tip of the Hoc
- The removal of wrecks in front of Vierville after the war
- The Resistance in Vierville: notes and documents
- The Vierville waterfront before and after the war destruction
- The WN74 at the tip of the Percée: 1944 defenses
- The wood fights of the castle of Vierville: a story of June 7, 1944
- War destruction and reconstruction
Maps and landscapes
Historic maps of the Bessin, Vierville’s land surveys, aerial photographs and coastal landscapes: an illustrated guide to the archives collected by Yves Cordelle.
All collections in this section (34)
- "Liberty", by Paul Éluard: text read during the Vierville commemorations
- Advertisements in the Bessin tourist brochure
- Colleville and Sainte-Honorine: tourist description and local life
- Former Land Use Plan — Rules of Procedure
- Former POS: general provisions
- Former POS: regulation of the NB zone
- Former POS: regulation of the NC zone
- Former POS: regulation of the ND zone
- Former POS: regulation of the UC zone
- Former POS: regulation of the UD zone
- Former POS: regulation of zone 1NA
- Formigny: places and history in the tourist brochure
- Landscapes and urban planning: historical documents on the development of Vierville
- Local Urban Planning Plan 2011 — archives
- Municipalities of the former intercommunality and parish boundaries
- Old cadastres of Vierville and evolution of the waterfront
- Old maps and plans of Vierville and the Bessin
- Old POS: list of easements
- Old POS: regulation of the UT zone
- Presentation of the 1932 tourist brochure
- Risks and territorial protections — old file
- Speech by Jean-Marie Oxéant during the commemorations of Vierville — June 6, 2010
- The beaches of Bessin and sea baths: tourist brochure
- The map of the Diocese of Bayeux de Jean Petite: transcription of the cartridges
- Trévières: history and local life in the tourist brochure
- Vierville and its coastline: aerial views from about 1975 to 2010
- Vierville and neighboring municipalities: orthophotoplans of 2001
- Vierville and Saint-Laurent: tourist description and local life
- Vierville during the war and at the Liberation: aerial photographs
- Vierville helicopter view: the photographic campaign of April 2007
- Vierville in postcards: access to collections by location
- Vierville seen from the sky: inventory of aerial photographs
- Vierville seen on Geoportal: aerial photographs from 2008–2009
- Vierville: aerial photographs of 2006 and cadastral plans