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Caen

Coordinates:49°10′59″N0°22′10″W / 49.1831°N 0.3694°W /49.1831; -0.3694
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Caen
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Caen is located in France
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Caen is located in Normandy
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Coordinates:49°10′59″N0°22′10″W / 49.1831°N 0.3694°W /49.1831; -0.3694
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
IntercommunalityCaen la Mer
Government
 • Mayor(2008–2014)Philippe Duron (PS)
Area
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25.70 km2 (9.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
112,790
 • Density4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
DemonymCaennais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14118 /14000, 14300
Elevation2–73 m (6.6–239.5 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caen ( pronouncedcan (/kɑ̃/);) is acity inFrance. It is thecapital city ofBasse-Normandie andCalvados. The riverOrne flows through it. Today, about 110,000 people live there (intra muros, inside the city); theurban area has about 370,000 people. The city has a very long history; the name probably hasGaulish origins (fromcato Military activity; andmago field; probably something likeplace where the troops exercised).[1] A campus of theÉcole de management de Normandie is in the city.

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References

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  1. ↑René Lepelley,Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996.
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