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| Coordinates:44°45′50″N0°39′13″W / 44.7639°N 0.6536°W /44.7639; -0.6536 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | Pessac-1 |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Bernard Garrigou[1] |
Area 1 | 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,836 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33090 /33610 |
| Elevation | 23–56 m (75–184 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Canéjan (French pronunciation:[kaneʒɑ̃]ⓘ;Gascon:Canejan, before 1987:Canéjean)[3] is acommune in theGirondedepartment inNouvelle-Aquitaine in southwesternFrance.
Canéjan is located 11.4 km southwest ofBordeaux. It is on theA63 autoroute, as well as theRoute nationale 10.
The commune bordersCestas (southwest),Gradignan (northeast),Pessac (north), andLéognan (southeast).
Gallo-Romans' relics has been discovered which attest human presence around the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century.
On 20 August 1949, 29 people from Canéjan died at Le Puch (Cestas), while fighting a fire which killed 82 and burned 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres). In September 1949, GeneralCharles de Gaulle came in Canéjan to visit firefighters' graves.
There used to be two different ways of spelling the name of the city, Canéjean or Canéjan, in July 1987 it has been decided to keep only one: Canéjan.
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