The health and seaside resort’s residents, the Deauvillais, number only a little more than 4,500, spread out over 357 hectares.
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Thanks to its visiting tourists and conference-goers, the town is now full of life all-year-round, enjoying a full calendar of fun, cultural and athletic events.ĩ0% of the Deauville economy is linked to tourism. Throughout its history straddling three centuries, Deauville has managed to change with the times, while successfully preserving its cultural and architectural heritage. That of an elegant but modern and fully-equipped destination, turning towards new technology and business tourism. The town dropped its status as a frivolous resort for In 1960, Deauville found its second wind, spurred on by Michel d’Ornano, the mayor, and Lucien Barrière, at the helm of the casino and luxury hotels, who decided to make Deauville an international destination.
From Josephine Baker, Mistinguett, Maurice Chevalier, Sacha Guitry, Tristan Bernard, Gustave Flaubert, Colette, André Citroën and Coco Chanel to Fujita, Van Dongen, Eugène Boudin, Raoul Dufy, Camille Saint-Saens and Arthur Rubinstein, the era’s greatest names in business, the arts and royalty were regular visitors to Deauville. Now no one, especially not the Parisian smart set of the Roaring Twenties, could resist Deauville’s charm and, as of 1923, elegant holiday-goers walked up and down Deauville ’s 643-metre promenade of azobé wood that borders the town’s vast beach of fine sand.
1911 was a key year in Deauville’s development, with the construction of its casino and luxury hotels. Breney, in four years Morny created a town whose magnificent Neo-Norman villas, racecourse and rail link to the capital soon attracted an aristocratic clientele from Paris and abroad. Olliffe, a banker by the name of Donon, and an architect, Mr. Olliffe, had the idea of constructing on this expanse of sand and swamp “an elegant kingdom” near Paris: the Deauville seaside resort. It was during the summer of 1858 that the Duke de Morny, a worldly financier and half-brother to Napoleon III, invited to Trouville by his physician, Dr. The marshland and dunes below the village on which Deauville would later be built, were used as grazing for the cattle and sheep. Grouped around the Saint-Laurent church, the hundred or so residents of “Dosville” were, for the most part, farmers and animal breeders. Deauville is the perfect meeting place, in the spring, summer, autumn or winter, with pleasures for every season.ĭeauville was once a small agricultural village located on Mont Canisy, a hill overlooking the sea. It allows for the organisation of international conferences and events, as well as more intimate business meetings. Its convention centre, the Deauville International Centre, is the current reference in this especially competitive sector. From cinema, with its Asian and American Film Festivals to music, with its Easter Festival, Musical August and Swing’In Deauville, not to mention its Books & Music Fair, Deauville International Week (sailing), World Bridge Festival, Paris-Deauville Collector’s Car Rally, Top Résa (international tourism trade show) and Christmas on the Balcony (street-art festival), Deauville warmly welcomes all the world !ĭeauville is active all year round thanks to a harmonious balance between its leisure and business tourism. In addition, the town hosts a dozen other diverse events throughout the year. With its two racecourses and training centre, soon to be joined by an equestrian complex, the town is tightly bound to horses and equestrian events and activities, such as racing, jumping, horse auctions, polo, international meetings, traditional carriages and unforgettable rides on the beach. Deauville and riding are like Deauville and the sea: inseparable. Deauville also offers a wide range of hotel services, luxury shopping and numerous leisure facilities (thalassotherapy, golf, sailing, horse-riding, etc.), as well as many entertaining, cultural and athletic events throughout the year. Indeed, only two hours from Paris, this rendez-vous of elegance and art de vivre promises visitors a complete change of scenery, with its many turn-of-the-century villas, traditional half-timbered houses, colourful sun umbrellas on the beach and famous Promenade.
Through the years the town has managed to develop harmoniously, preserving its historic, architectural and cultural heritage, while at the same time keeping step with an ever-changing tourist sector.
Located in the heart of Normandy, between the sea and the countryside, Deauville – a small town with a population of only 4,500, but of international repute – is one of those rare seaside resorts that can be enjoyed all year round.
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