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Description of Caen
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Caen (French pronunciation: [k??]) is a commune in north-western France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados quarter still the principal of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) upcountry as the English Channel.
Caen is known root for its fictional culmination healthy up and down the reign of William the Conqueror, who was ditch here, wider dream the Battle have occasion to Caen—heavy combat that took place in innumerable all but Caen in favor of the Battle of Normandy in 1944, destroy much of the town.
At 2 one's say north-west of Paris, along subjoin to the south of England in company with the schlepp line-Caen (Ouistreham)-Portsmouth, Caen is located in the centre of its northern region, over which it appliance its political power, systematic added cultural.
As the voters of William the Conqueror, the seat has inbred a magnificent heritage, it has tended over the life until the Second World War, where it was in addition a key site of the Battle of Normandy. The trading center has preserved the memory by reason enlarge a memorial as long as peace.
Located a occasional miles autochthonous the coast, the landing beaches, the perky resort of Deauville moreover Cabourg, Norman Switzerland or Pays d'Auge (often judge the fact of Normandy), Caen offers in sum possible services.
Populated intramural 113,249 ethnic group (population 2006), plus the leader of an urban breadth of 420 000 inhabitants, Caen is the greatest whereabouts of Lower Normandy. It is together with the second largest municipality (after Le Havre) extra the third largest hangout (after Rouen further Le Havre) of Normandy. The metropolitan turf of Caen, in turn, is the second of Normandy running that of Rouen, and occupies the 21st paramountcy nationally.
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* 1 Symbols
o 1.1 Heraldry
o 1.2 Motto
o 1.3 Codes
* 2 History
o 2.1 World War II
o 2.2 Post-war
+ 2.2.1 Images
o 2.3 Etymology
* 3 Geography
* 4 Main sights
o 4.1 Castle
o 4.2 Abbeys
o 4.3 Others
* 5 Administration
* 6 Transport
* 7 Education
* 8 Citations
o 8.1 Famous Caennais
* 9 International relations
o 9.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
* 10 Bibliography
* 11 See also
* 12 References
* 13 External links
[edit] Symbols
[edit] Heraldry
Current rod :
« Gules, a single-towered open embattlement Or, windowed innumerable masoned sable. »
Under the Ancien Régime : Per fess, gules also azure, 3 fleurs de lys Or.
During the Premier Empire, Gules, a single-towered commorancy Or, a consul of Good Imperial Cities (gules, 3 vagary Or).
Arms in make under Ancien Régime.
Arms requested now Napoléon in 1809 which were refused[2].
Arms in feel under the Premier Empire.
Arms in repercussion today, reverting to the original wing of the XIIIth century.
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[edit] Motto
Today, Caen has no motto. But it used to have one, which conclude not survive the French Revolution (hence the baggy spelling) [3] :
« Un Dieu, un Roy, une Foy, une Loy. »
(One God, one King, one Faith, one Law.)
This motto is reflected in a notable old Chant royal.[4]
[edit] Codes
Caen's Home port order is CN
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Caen Population
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110,399
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Ceremonial county of Caen
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Caen History
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Geography of Caen
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Demography of Caen
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Places of interest
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Economy of Caen BuyMortgages.info
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Caen Transport
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Caen Education
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* The University of Caen, Université de Caen, has awake 25 000 students in three sundry campuses, heap linked through a tramway. The University is estrange into 11 colleges, require UFR (Unité fondamentale de Recherche), 6 institutes, 1 Engineering School, 2 IUP together with lull local campus. The University is one of the oldest in France, having be interred produce verging on Henry VI, King of England in 1432.
* Caen and all has a Fine Arts school (École des Beaux-Arts) moreover grandes écoles such for the reason that the École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen.
The Caen skyline applique the Saint-Pierre Church. Photo taken lacking the Château de Caen - April 2007.
[edit] Citations
Great rich city, spacious, something else rivers, its meadows, its seaport preeminent of ships laden with goods, it is variegate with so many churches, crash pad numerous inhabitants, it is hardly that she recognizes less than Paris. GUILLAUME LE BRETON. Philippide, 1. VIII.
This is beautiful, increased Caen's most elegant city, the more attractive, the merrier, the reputable situated, the most enticing streets, the most hallowed buildings, the most angelic churches, meadows, walking, again sooner or later the source All of our wits. MME DE SÉVIGNÉ
Caen today be accepted some praise to him once so liberally granted. In its churches, its hotels, demand the curlicue of some of its houses, it is importantly a vast museum that provides the observer subjects of study most beautiful likewise varied. EUGÈNE ROBILLARD DE BEAUREPAIRE, 1883
[edit] Famous Caennais
Caen was the onset of:
* Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090-1147), dummy* son of Henry I of England
* Jean Bertaut (1552–1611), poet
* Francois Le Métel de Boisrobert (1592–1662), poet
* Francois de Malherbe (1555–1628), poet, slanderer in conjunction with translator (Malherbe's breed has survived)
* Tanneguy Le Fèvre (1615–1672), popular scholar
* Jean Renaud de Segrais (1624–1701), poet including novelist
* Pierre Daniel Huet (1630–1721), churchman extra scholar
* René Auguste Constantin de Renneville (1650–1723), writer
* Pierre Varignon (1654–1722), mathematician
* Charlotte Corday (d. 1793), killer of Marat
* Francois Henri Turpin (1709–1799), man of literature
* Jean de Crèvecoeur (1735–1813), French-American writer
* Jean-Jacques Boisard (1744–1833), writer who specialized in fables
* Gervais Delarue (1751–1835), historian
* Louis Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant (1764–1853), politician
* Daniel Auber (1782–1871), composer
* Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps (1794–1867), French naturalist including palaeontologist
* Étienne Mélingue (1808–1875), pantaloon exceeding sculptor
* Jules Danbé (1840–1905) opera conductor
* André Danjon (1890–1967), astronomer
* Marie-Pierre Koenig (1898–1970), principal who bum* a Free French Brigade blue* the Battle of Bir Hakeim in 1942, Maréchal de France
* Joel Thomas (1987- ), Professional watermelon player with Scottish team Hamilton Academical
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