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    36944 The communauté urbaine Caen la Mer is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Caen. It is located in the Calvados...
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    submerged. Caen is 10 km (6.2 mi) from the Channel. A canal (Canal de Caen à la Mer) parallel to the Orne was built during the reign of Napoleon III to...
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    Patinoire de Caen la mer (English: Ice rink of Caen la mer) is an ice rink in Caen, France. It is the home arena of the Drakkars de Caen of the Ligue...
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    Canal de Caen à la Mer (English: Canal from Caen to the sea, also called the "Caen Canal") is a short canal in the department (préfecture) of Calvados...
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    northwestern France. It is part of the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer and of the agglomeration of Caen. Until 1916 Fleury-sur-Orne was known as Allemagne (Calvados)...
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    airport has been managed by the Urban community of Caen la Mer By late 2008, a regularly scheduled Caen - Paris-Orly route was introduced with two round...
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    Lion-sur-Mer is located on the edge of the English Channel, more precisely on the Côte de Nacre (Mother of Pearl Coast), about 15 km (9.3 mi) North of Caen. The...
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    Railway Gazette International. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-28. "Caen-la-Mer. Une nouvelle ligne de tram fer desservira l'ouest de l'agglomération"...
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    in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie Communauté de communes de...
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    Hermanville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ɛʁmɑ̃vil syʁ mɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France....
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    harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders the mouth of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. The name Ouistreham derives from Saxon ham...
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  • formerly called the Léopards de Caen. The team was founded in 1968 and plays home games at the Patinoire de Caen la mer. Continental Cup: The best route:...
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    region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer close to Caen and Ouistreham. Château de Bénouville completed in 1777 by Claude...
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    Compagnie du chemin de fer de Caen à la mer (CM) was an early French railway company. The first railway to reach Caen, on 18 November 1855, was the Chemins...
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    Bernières-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnjɛʁ syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Bernières on Sea), in the arrondissement of Caen, is a commune in the Calvados...
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    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 August...
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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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    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 are...
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    World War. It is located in, and named after, Bény-sur-Mer, in the Calvados department, near Caen, in lower Normandy. As is typical of war cemeteries in...
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    northwestern France. Blainville-sur-Orne is on the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer, just south of Bénouville and the famous Pegasus Bridge of D-Day fame...
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    south of Bernières-sur-Mer and 13 km north of Caen. During World War II, Bény-sur-Mer was liberated on D-Day by Le Régiment de la Chaudière, a French Canadian...
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    name was simply Courseulles. It lies 3 km west of Bernières-sur-Mer and 18 km north of Caen. It is a popular tourist destination not only with locals but...
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    Chemin de fer de Caen à la mer for 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) between Luc-sur-Mer and Courseulles, with a passing loop at St. Aubin-sur-Mer. This link opened...
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  • get promoted to Ligue Magnus. FFHG Division 1 consists of 14 teams. Brest Caen Chambéry Cholet Clermont-Ferrand Dunkirk Épinal Marseille Mont Blanc Montpellier...
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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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    of Caen and its vicinity during the Battle of Normandy. Caen is about 9 mi (14 km) inland from the Calvados coast astride the Orne River and Caen Canal...
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    region in northwestern France. Caen – Carpiquet Airport is located in Carpiquet. Carpiquet is on the western side of the Caen metropolitan area. The town...
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    Sword Beach (category Battle for Caen)
    Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer to Luc-sur-Mer), 'Peter' (from Luc-sur-Mer to Lion-sur-Mer), 'Queen' (from Lion-sur-Mer to La Brèche d'Hermanville), and finally 'Roger' (from La...
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  • Arras 46 110,005 CU Grand Besançon Métropole Besançon 68 198,540 CU Caen la Mer Caen 47 271,472 CU Creusot Montceau Le Creusot 34 97,135 CU Dunkerque Dunkirk...
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    Luc-sur-Mer was a railway station in Luc-sur-Mer on the Caen à la mer railway and opened on 30 June 1875. In July 1876, the line was extended from Luc...
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