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    Since the 2015 canton reorganization, Caen is part of the cantons of Caen-1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Twisto is the urban transport network of Caen, including about...
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  • cantons of the Calvados department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: Bayeux Cabourg Caen-1...
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  • timeline of the history of the city of Caen, France. 912 – Caen becomes western capital of Normandy. 1060 – Château de Caen (castle) built by William the Conqueror...
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    arrondissement of Caen were, as of January 2015: Bourguébus Bretteville-sur-Laize Cabourg Caen-1 Caen-2 Caen-3 Caen-4 Caen-7 Caen-8 Caen-9 Caen-10 Caen-Hérouville...
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    in northwestern France, approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Caen. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Castelet. This...
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    Malherbe Caen is a professional football team from Caen, who currently play in Ligue 2. Arrondissements of the Calvados department Cantons of the Calvados...
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    of Caen and the canton of Courseulles-sur-Mer. It is 2.1 km east of Bernières-sur-Mer, 4 km north of Douvres-la-Délivrande and 16 km north of Caen. Up...
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    the arrondissement of Caen, is a commune in the Calvados department of Normandy, in northwestern France. It is part of the canton of Courseulles-sur-Mer...
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    of the canton of Bayeux. Bayeux is located 7 kilometres (4 miles) from the coast of the English Channel and 30 km (19 mi) north-west of Caen. The city...
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    railway station (Gare de Vire) which has frequent services to Paris and Granville. The nearest airport is Caen – Carpiquet Airport in Caen (40 min drive). Vire...
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    fin de l'Ancien Régime et au début de la Révolution [Cherbourg at the end of the Ancien Regime and the beginning of the Revolution] (in French). Caen: Société...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Sallen (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də salɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern...
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    Mons Normandy Landing Putot-en-Bessin Le Mesnil-Patry Caen The Orne Bourguebus Ridge Faubourg de Vaucelles Verrières Ridge–Tilly-la-Campagne Falaise Falaise...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    Département de Paris (75)". INSEE. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2014. "Un territoire ancien et de petite taille"...
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    of "Port de Caen-Ouistreham". Since the beginning of the 20th century, it has been a bathing beach on the "Riva Bella". On 6 June 1944, No. 4 Commando...
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    la guerre, l'occupation, la libération. Rennes/Caen: Éditions Ouest-France/Mémorial de Caen/Ville de Rennes. p. 12. "Frontstalag 122 Compiègne-Royallieu...
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    new commune Ponts sur Seulles. Amblie is located some 17 km north-west of Caen, 15 km north-east of Bayeux, and 5 km from the beaches of the Normandy landings...
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    kilometres (19 mi) south-west of Caen, and 31 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Vire. The D8 goes north-east to Bauquay and Caen. The D6 connects Aunay to Villers-Bocage...
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    Saint-Lô (redirect from Gare de Saint Lô)
    de Saint-Lô is served by TER trains on the Caen – Rennes railway line [fr]. It is in the majority of services for travellers in the direction of Caen...
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    "Communes in Caen (Calvados, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10...
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    scathing about the inaccuracies in Rouse Ball's account and states: Indeed Caen was probably in Laplace's day the most intellectually active of all the towns...
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    the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer. The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after...
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    the Champ-de-Foire. The castle was destroyed during the Battle of Caen. In 1875, the city of Caen bought the 27 hectares of land of the Caen riding academy...
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    Lille Metro (redirect from Métro de Lille)
    "regional hospital centre") to Quatre Cantons via Gare de Lille Flandres. While line one opened in April 1983 between 4 Cantons and République; it was extended...
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    France (category Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
    335 arrondissements, which are, in turn, subdivided into 2,054 cantons. These cantons are then divided into 36,658 communes, which are municipalities...
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  • Mérimée: Manoir de Bellou, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Marie de Besneray, Rose Harel, servante-poète[usurped], Caen, 1902. (in French)...
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    city of Ajaccio is one commune, but it contains four cantons, Cantons 1–4, and a fraction of Canton 5. The latter contains three other communes: Bastelicaccia...
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    and was allegedly first made by Cistercian monks who had settled west of Caen. Originally known as "cherub", it later took the name "angelot". Becoming...
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    a suburb of the city of Caen, and lies adjacent to it in a northeasterly direction, along the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. Its inhabitants...
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    commercial area along the Ligne de Paris - Caen and Route nationale 13 to the north; the Bellevue area to the east; the Caen - Carpiquet Airport to the west...
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