Caen
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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Intercommunality | Caen la Mer |
| Mayor | Philippe Duron (PS) (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 2–73 m (6.6–240 ft) (avg. 8 m / 26 ft) |
| Land area1 | 25.70 km2 (9.92 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 112,790 (2008) |
| - Density | 4,389 /km2 (11,370 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14118/ 14000, 14300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 49°10′59″N 0°22′10″W / 49.1831°N 0.3694°W
Caen ( pronounced can (/kɑ̃/); in other words, the e is not pronounced) is a city in France. It is the capital city of Basse-Normandie and Calvados. The river Orne flows through it. Today, about 110.000 people live there (intra muros, inside the city); the urban area has about 370.000 people. The city has a very long history; the name probably has Gaulish origins (from cato Military activity; and mago field; probably something like place where the troops exercised).[1].
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Caen is twinned with:
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References [change]
- ↑ René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996.
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