The canton of Ouistreham is an administrative division of the

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department, northwestern

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. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in

Ouistreham Ouistreham () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France. Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders the ...

Composition

It consists of the following communes: # Bénouville #

Biéville-Beuville Biéville-Beuville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The hyphenated name originates from the former communes of ''Biéville-sur-Orne'' and ''Beuville'', which were united in 1972. Toponymy ...

Blainville-sur-Orne Blainville-sur-Orne (, literally ''Blainville on Orne'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Geography Blainville-sur-Orne is on the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer, just south of B� ...

Cambes-en-Plaine Cambes-en-Plaine () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados departme ...

Colleville-Montgomery Colleville-Montgomery (; formerly ''Colleville-sur-Orne'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was known as Colleville-sur-Orne until 13 June 1946 to distinguish it from another town in the depa ...

# Hermanville-sur-Mer #

Lion-sur-Mer Lion-sur-Mer (, literally ''Lion on Sea'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Geography Lion-sur-Mer is located on the edge of the English Channel, more precisely on the '' Côte de Nacre'' ...

# Mathieu #

# Périers-sur-le-Dan # Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay

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References

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