Colombelles
Colombelles (Fr-Colombelles.ogg) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer.
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Colombelles (Fr-Colombelles.ogg) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer.
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• Name — Colombelles • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — CoA_fr_Colombelles.svg • Arrondissement — Caen • Canton — Hérouville-Saint-Clair • Insee — 14167 • Postal Code — 14460 • Mayor — Marc Pottier • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — CU Caen la Mer • Elevation M — 40 • Elevation Min M — 2 • Elevation Max M — 49 • Area Km2 — 7.14 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes Colombelles (Fr-Colombelles.ogg) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer.
Population
Population
The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after August Thyssen bought some land in 1909 and established a steel mill there.
Notable people
Notable people
• Jean Hougron (1923–2001) a novelist was born here.
International relations
International relations
Colombelles is twinned with Fremington, Devon (UK) since 1983 and with Steinheim am Albuch (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) since 1986 (see that article in German).
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