Caen

Caen
Coat of arms
Location of Caen
Caen Caen
Coordinates: 49°10′59″N 0°22′10″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Duron (PS)
Area 1	25.70 km2 (9.92 sq mi)
Population  (2008)	112,790
• Density	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Caennais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14118 /14000, 14300
Elevation	2–73 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 ( pronounced can (/kɑ̃/);) is a city in France. It is the capital city of Basse-Normandie and Calvados. The river Orne flows through it. Today, about 110,000 people live there (intra muros, inside the city); the urban area has about 370,000 people. The city has a very long history; the name probably has Gaulish origins (from cato Military activity; and mago field; probably something like place where the troops exercised). A campus of the École de management de Normandie is in the city.

Sister cities

Caen is twinned with:

Pernik, Bulgaria Nashville, Tennessee, USA (11 April 1991) Alexandria, Virginia, USA (28 October 1991) Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA

Coventry, United Kingdom Portsmouth, United Kingdom Würzburg, Germany (May 1962) Thiès, Senegal (2 June 1992)