Arrondissement of Caen

The arrondissement Caen is an administrative district in the department of Calvados in the French region of Lower Normandy.

History

On 4 March 1790, " District Caen " was founded with the establishment of the department of Calvados, a, but was smaller than the present district. The district was established with the founding of the arrondissement on 17 February 1800, when arrondissement Caen.

On September 10, 1926, the arrondissement has been increased by the area of the former arrondissements Falaise.

See also: History of Calvados.

Geography

The district is bordered to the north by the English Channel, on the east by the arrondissement Lisieux, in the south of the arrondissement Argentan in Orne and to the west by the arrondissement of Bayeux.

Management

The district is subdivided into 24 cantons:

  • Bourguébus
  • Bretteville -sur- Laize
  • Cabourg
  • Caen -1
  • Caen -2
  • Caen -3
  • Caen -4
  • Caen -7
  • Caen -8
  • Caen 9
  • Caen 10
  • Caen Hérouville
  • Creully
  • Douvres- la -Délivrande
  • Évrecy
  • Falaise - North
  • Hérouville -Saint -Clair
  • Morteaux - Couliboeuf
  • Ouistreham
  • Thury -Harcourt
  • Tilly -sur -Seulles
  • Troarn
  • Villers -Bocage

See also: List of cantons in the department of Calvados

Communities

The largest municipalities are the arrondissement ( > 5,000 inhabitants in 1999 ):

  • Caen ( 113 987 )
  • Hérouville -Saint -Clair ( 24,025 )
  • Mondeville ( 10,428 )
  • Ifs ( 9,208 )
  • Ouistreham ( 8,679 )
  • Falaise ( 8434 )
  • Colom Belles ( 6242 )

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Cantons of France Arrondissement of Lisieux Arrondissement of Argentan Mondeville (Calvados) Ifs (Calvados) Falaise, Calvados Arrondissement of Avranches Arrondissement of Cherbourg Arrondissement of Coutances Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche Arrondissement of Vire
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