Caen
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Location of Caen
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Coordinates: 49°10′59″N 0°22′10″W  /  49.1831°N 0.3694°W  / 49.1831; -0.3694
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Government
? Mayor (2008?2014)	Philippe Duron ( PS )
Area 1	25.70 km 2 (9.92 sq mi)
Population   (2008)	112,790
? Density	4,400/km 2 (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 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caen ( pronounced can (/k??/);) 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 ). ^[1] A campus of the Ecole de management de Normandie is in the city.

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