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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Graye-sur-Mer}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Graye-sur-Mer |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Graye-sur-Mer.JPG |caption = The church in Graye-sur-Mer |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Graye-sur-Mer (Calvados).svg |arrondissement = Bayeux |canton = Courseulles-sur-Mer |INSEE = 14318 |postal code = 14470 |mayor = Pascal Thiberge<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Seulles Terre et Mer|CC Seulles Terre Mer]] |coordinates = {{coord|49.33|-0.4711|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 6 |elevation min m = 2 |elevation max m = 47 |area km2 = 6.54 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Graye-sur-Mer''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]], in northwestern France, approximately 1 km west of [[Courseulles-sur-Mer]], and 18 km east of [[Bayeux]].<ref>[https://www.villorama.com/ville/graye-sur-mer/villes-proches.html Quelques villes proches de Graye-sur-Mer], villorama.com</ref><ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/14318-graye-sur-mer Commune de Graye-sur-Mer (14318)], INSEE</ref> The commune probably acquired its name from an old landed estate in its vicinity owned by [[Anchetil de Greye]], a [[Normandy|Norman]] [[knight|chevalier]] and vassal of [[William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford]], one of the great [[magnate]]s of early [[Normans|Norman]] [[England]], and one of the very few proven [[companions of William the Conqueror]] known to have fought at the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066.
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