Discovery tour of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer

This seafront cliff is located alongside the villages of St Aubin sur Mer and Bernières sur Mer and offers a vast array of fossils of great geological interest. This deposit is an extremely rare section that serves as a reference for the Jurassic period; fossil collection is strictly forbidden. Display case at the St Aubin sur Mer tourist office; guided tours are organised by the association Patrimoine Géologique de Normandie. Free access to the site, information panels throughout.

German fortifications, remains of the Atlantic Wall, forts equipped with one or more cannons and small concrete structures, built during the Second World War. Facing south towards the road and not towards the beach, it covered both ends of the strike.

19th century church in neo-Gothic style. By royal ordinance of 1831, the hamlet of Saint-Aubin was equipped with a vicarial chapel. He was not totally detached from the parish of Langrune until 1843, when his first priest was appointed. But it was Abbot Bossard who built the present church in the 1850s.

It is located on the single track from Caen to the sea, in the direction of Courseulles-sur-Mer. The first train from Paris arrived in Caen on November 18, 1855. The only means of transport to reach the sea at that time was a kind of convertible "Mr. Cabieux's patch". The railway equipment quickly followed, it was in 1885 that passengers coming from Paris were able to take their ticket to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer and especially not to change trains between Saint-Lazare and the station. The line was completely removed in 1951.

Narrow streets typical of the architecture of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, are pierced between the village's parcels, made up of enclosed gardens. These are part of the traditional fishermen's houses, the walls around them allowing fishing nets to be spread from one garden to another. Original features of the municipality, they all lead directly to the sea.

The rue Bon-Pierre or the "rue du Bon-Pierre" is talking about Baptiste Lepoètre, known as Bon Pierre. In 1855, he was a sailmaker.

In the middle of the 19th century, most bathers could not swim. When the waves were strong, swimmers clung to a rope that stretched between two poles, as can still be seen on the beach.

The "Rue Dupuy", one of the narrowest streets. The passage from the centre and rue Aumont are named after a former family.

Inaugurated in 1926, this former covered market was built by architect A. Aumasson. It has been in operation for more than thirty years. Recently found, it now hosts temporary exhibitions.

European Way of Peace Sculptures, created through Europe through an association "Way of Peace". It is a sign of peace and fraternity between countries. The original idea came from Otto Freundlich, a German sculptor and painter (1878-1943), then taken up by the sculptor Leo Kornbust.

Its construction was voted in 1893 in order to connect the two sections of promenade cut by a breach. If you go down the stairs, you will be in the Cat Pit, or in patois "la Fosse é cats". It was the meeting place for all the cats in the country.

Inside you will find an altar on which the Virgin with Child and an ex-voto stand.