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Colombelles (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔ̃bɛl] (listen)) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Colombelles
Commune
Norman tower
Coat of arms
Location of Colombelles
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Coordinates: 49°12′18″N 0°17′46″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Pottier
Area 1	7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	6,976
• Density	980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14167 /14460
Elevation	2–49 m (6.6–160.8 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer.

Population

The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after August Thyssen bought some land in 1909 and established a steel mill there.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 153 —     1906 169 +2.01% 1911 188 +2.15% 1921 2,039 +26.92% 1926 2,556 +4.62% 1931 3,308 +5.29% 1936 3,455 +0.87% 1946 2,021 −5.22% 1954 3,526 +7.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 5,122 +4.78% 1968 5,668 +1.70% 1975 5,566 −0.26% 1982 5,306 −0.68% 1990 5,695 +0.89% 1999 6,242 +1.02% 2007 5,771 −0.98% 2012 5,764 −0.02% 2017 6,918 +3.72%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

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).

See also

• Société Métallurgique de Normandie
• Communes of the Calvados department

References

На других языках

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[de] Colombelles

Colombelles ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 6976 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2019) nahe der Küste im Département Calvados in der Region Normandie. Colombelles gehört zum Arrondissement Caen und zum Kanton Hérouville-Saint-Clair. Die Einwohner werden Colombellois genannt.

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- [en] Colombelles

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[ru] Коломбель (коммуна)

Коломбе́ль (фр. Colombelles) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Нормандия, департамент Кальвадос, округ Кан, кантон Эрувиль-Сен-Клер. Пригород Кана, расположен в 8 км к северо-востока от центра города, на правом берегу реки Орн. Население — 6976 человек (2019).

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