Editing Villerville

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Villerville
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = VILLERVILLE 20180521 0.jpg
|caption                = The church in Villerville
|image coat of arms     = Blason villerville.svg
|arrondissement         = Lisieux
|canton                 = Honfleur-Deauville
|INSEE                  = 14755
|postal code            = 14113
|mayor                  = Michel Marescot<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes Cœur Côte Fleurie|CC Cœur Côte Fleurie]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|49.4017|0.1294|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 60
|elevation min m        = 0
|elevation max m        = 144
|area km2               = 3.30
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Villerville''' ({{IPA|fr|vilɛʁvil|-|Fr-Villerville.ogg}}) 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]]. The ''commune'' is located towards the eastern end of the {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} coastline called the [[Côte Fleurie]] (Flowery Coast).

==In entertainment==
In the summer of 1923 the American art collector and patron [[Peggy Guggenheim]] rented a villa in the village and entertained, amongst others, the American photographer [[Man Ray]] and his partner, the French model, singer, artist and 'Queen of Montparnasse' [[Alice Prin]], also known as 'Kiki'. According the recently published biography of Kiki, Peggy would encourage her guests to paint in the villa's garden, and Peggy "picked up a brush for the first and last time of her life."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Braude |first1=Mark |title=Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love and Rivalry in 1920s Paris |date=2023 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co. |page=77}}</ref>

Composer [[Francis Bayer]] (1938–2004) was born in Villerville.

The film '''[[A Monkey in Winter (film)|A Monkey in Winter]]''' [[:fr:Un singe en hiver (film)|''Un singe en hiver'']], starring [[Jean Gabin]] and [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], was shot there in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villerville.fr/ |title=Bienvenue sur le site de Villerville |publisher=Villerville site |accessdate=December 24, 2012 |quote=C'est aussi dans ce village que Henri Verneuil a posé ses cameras pour la réalisation du Film Un Singe en Hiver, il y a 50 ans. |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720225203/http://www.villerville.fr/ |url-status=dead }} In French</ref> Villerville celebrated the film's 50th anniversary with special events from 30 June to 20 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.francetv.fr/culturebox/villerville-fete-les-50-ans-du-film-dhenri-verneuil-un-singe-en-hiver-99941 |title=Villerville fête les 50 ans du film d'Henri Verneuil "Un singe en hiver" |publisher=francetv.fr |accessdate=December 24, 2012}} In French.</ref>

'''''La Baleine Theatre''''' (The Whale Theater) operated between July and November 1894. The brainchild of [[Simon-Max]], who managed Villerville's Casino for a time, he purchased the remains of a beached whale at auction and had it converted into a theater seating 80–100, where he himself performed in various [[revues]].<ref>[[:fr:Baleine de Villerville|Baleine de Villerville, in French.]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=September 2023}}

The attraction was so successful it was moved first to Trouville, then to the [[Casino de Paris]], where it served the dual function of a museum and theater. It was destroyed by fire on the night of February 25–26, 1895, causing the Casino substantial damage.<ref>[[:fr:Baleine de Villerville|Baleine de Villerville in French.]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=September 2023}}

The "Friends of the Villerville Whale" was founded in 2013 with the aim of reviving the town's casino. In July 2014 they commemorated the 120th anniversary of The Whale Theater.<ref>[https://www.normandythenandnow.com/where-theres-a-whale-theres-a-way-in-villerville/ Where there’s a whale there’s a way, in Villerville]</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-14755#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |728
|1975 |722
|1982 |733
|1990 |686
|1999 |676
|2009 |772
|2014 |694
|2020 |591
}}

==International relations==
Villerville is twinned with:
*[[Hausen bei Würzburg]] (in Bavaria, Germany)

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Calvados department]]

==References==
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[[File:Charles-François Daubigny 009.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Near Villerville, [[Charles-François Daubigny]], 1873.]]

==External links==
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*[http://www.villerville.fr Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720225203/http://www.villerville.fr/ |date=2011-07-20 }}
*Extraordinary history of the [http://www.normandythenandnow.com/where-theres-a-whale-theres-a-way-in-villerville/ theatre inside a whale, at Villerville]

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[[Category:Communes of Calvados (department)]]
[[Category:Seaside resorts in France]]
[[Category:Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia]]


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