The Dives ( French pronunciation: [div] ; also Dive ) is a 105 km long river in the Pays d'Auge , Normandy , France . It flows into the English Channel in Cabourg .
4-567: The source of the Dives is near Exmes , in the Orne department. The Dives flows generally north through the following departments and towns: The Dives is officially navigable up to the bridge at Putot-en-Auge although height restrictions apply. No yachts or fishing boats navigate the Dives further than the Pont de la Dives linking Dives-sur-Mer to Cabourg , 1 km from the river's estuary on
8-596: The English Channel . The last kilometre of the Dives is a large meander encircling a man-made harbour and the holiday resort of Port Guillaume (William's harbour). The river is prevented from reaching the English Channel by a kilometre long sand dune called Le cap Cabourg . The estuary of the Dives was the site of one of William the Conqueror 's most decisive victories in the year 1057, over
12-503: The combined armies of France and Anjou . Later, in 1066, Duke William assembled his army and fleet for the invasion of England at the same location as the earlier victory. This article related to a river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Exmes Exmes ( French pronunciation: [ɛm] ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France . On 1 January 2017, it
16-473: Was merged into the new commune Gouffern en Auge . It was the seat of the county of Hiémois (French: Comté d'Hiémois ), granted before his death in 1027 by Richard II, Duke of Normandy , to his younger son, Robert, who eventually succeeded as Duke of Normandy . In 1136, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke , led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame. Herbert de Losinga , Bishop of Norwich (c. 1095–1119),
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