city
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
of
Caen
Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...
. It is located in the
Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples and/or pears.
History In France
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Norman distillation was ma ...
Normandy
Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
, northwestern
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. It was created in January 2017, replacing the previous ''
Tourville-sur-Odon
Tourville-sur-Odon (, literally ''Tourville on Odon'') 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 526 ...
,
Verson
Verson () 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 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados ...
, and
Mouen
Mouen () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Opera ...
) and
Colleville-Montgomery
Colleville-Montgomery (; formerly ''Colleville-sur-Orne'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France.
History
The town was known as Colleville-sur-Orne until 13 June 1946 to distinguish it from anothe ...
,
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 t ...
. This regrouping created an agglomeration of 236,167 inhabitants. In January 2017 the agglomeration community merged with the former commune communities of Entre Thue et Mue and Plaine Sud de Caen, and became an urban community.
The agglomeration staff numbered 650 workers in 2009, with an annual budget of €245 million, of which €95.9 million were investments.
Presidents of Caen la Mer
* 23 November 1990 - 9 April 2001 : Jean-Marie Girault ( UDF), Mayor of Caen
* 10 April 2001 - 17 April 2008 : Luc Duncombe ( UDF-NC), Deputy Mayor of Caen
* 18 April 2008 - 25 April 2014 :
Philippe Duron
Philippe Duron (born 19 June 1947) is a French politician. He was the mayor of Caen between 2008 and 2014 and deputy for Calvados's 1st constituency.
Philippe Duron received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher in Lisieux and the ...
Joël Bruneau
Joël Bruneau (born 7 September 1963) is a French politician, List of mayors of Caen, mayor of Caen between 2014 and 2024. He was reelected in 2020 Caen municipal election, 2020. He is a Deputy (France), Deputy for the Calvados's 1st constituen ...
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 ...
Bretteville-sur-Odon
Bretteville-sur-Odon (, literally ''Bretteville on Odon'') is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It lies on the river Odon, about west of Caen.
Population
Twin towns
* Woodbury, Devo ...
#
Caen
Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...
#
Cairon
Cairon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune of Cairon is situated in Normandy, in Calvados, 5 kilometers to the north-west of Caen.
The Mue river and its tributary t ...
Carpiquet
Carpiquet () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Caen – Carpiquet Airport is located in Carpiquet.
Geography
Carpiquet is on the western side of the Caen metropolitan area. The town is div ...
#
Le Castelet
Le Castelet () is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Garcelles-Secqueville and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil.Castine-en-Plaine
Castine-en-Plaine (, literally ''Limestone in Plain'') is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Hubert-Folie, Rocquancourt and Tilly ...
#
Colleville-Montgomery
Colleville-Montgomery (; formerly ''Colleville-sur-Orne'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France.
History
The town was known as Colleville-sur-Orne until 13 June 1946 to distinguish it from anothe ...
#
Colombelles
Colombelles () 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
The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after August Thyssen bo ...
Épron
Épron () 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 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados (d ...
#
Éterville
Éterville 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 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados ...
Hermanville-sur-Mer
Hermanville-sur-Mer () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy
Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy comprise ...
Le Fresne-Camilly
Le Fresne-Camilly () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is home to the Château du Fresne-Camilly.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list ...
#
Lion-sur-Mer
Lion-sur-Mer (, literally ''Lion on Sea'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern Fran ...
Mouen
Mouen () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Opera ...
#
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 t ...
Rosel Rosel may refer to:
People
* August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (1705–1759), German miniature painter and naturalist
* Carlos Rosel (born 1995), Mexican football player
* Peter Rösel (born 1945), German concert pianist
* Rosel George Brown (1926� ...
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay () 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 526 Communes of France, communes ...
#
Saint-Contest
Saint-Contest () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
History
Excavations at the Clos de Bitot site in 1984 uncovered four Gaulish kilns and evidence of domestic animal use, particularly dogs. ...
#
Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
* Ardenne Abbey
*Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 526 Commun ...
Thaon
Thaon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Comm ...
#
Thue et Mue
Thue et Mue () is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse (the seat), Brouay, Cheux, Le Mesnil-Patry, Put ...
#
Tourville-sur-Odon
Tourville-sur-Odon (, literally ''Tourville on Odon'') 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 526 ...
#
Troarn
Troarn () is a commune in the Calvados of the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Saline, but this merger was undone on 31 December 2019.
Population
Sights
* The abbey founded by Rog ...
#
Verson
Verson () 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 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados ...
#
Villons-les-Buissons
Villons-les-Buissons () 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 526 Communes of France, communes of ...
* The creation, development, maintenance and management of areas of industrial, commercial, services, handicrafts, tourism, ports, and airport activities (e.g.
Port of Caen
The Port of Caen (French: ''Port de Caen)'' is the Harbor, harbour and port authority of the Normandy, Norman city of Caen, France.
The port of Caen is composed of a series of basins on the Canal de Caen à la Mer, linking Caen to Ouistreham, 15 ...
,
Caen – Carpiquet Airport
Caen (; ; ) is a commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Twisto''.
Social balance of housing
* the ''Local Habitat Program'' (PLH), signed in 2003, for the annual construction of 1,400 housing units, including 400 for social security, until 2010
* Housing policy in the community interest
* Actions and financial aid for social housing recognized as being in the community interest
* Reserve land for the implementation of the EU's social policy for a balanced habitat
* Actions, by operations of community interest, for housing for the poor
* Improvement of the housing stock of the community
City Policy
Contractual arrangements for urban development, local development and the economic and social integration of community interests (e.g. the ''City Contract'' and ''Urban Contract for social cohesion'', the ''Grand City project'' and ANRU convention, and the local integration program for the economy (PLIE)
* Local measures in the community interest to prevent delinquency
* Counselling to prevent delinquency and local security measures.
Optional Skills
Roads
* Creation or development and maintenance of roads recognized to be in the community interest
* Creation or development and management of parking areas recognized to be in the community interest.
Sanitation
The community has all the skills of the member communes to monitor, collect and treat wastewater through two stations.
* Protection and enhancement of the environment:
:Fight against air pollution
:Fight against nuisance noise
:Collect and eliminate or use waste from households and other waste through the management of five civic recycling centres.
Facilitative Skills
* Security and control of fire:
:Participation in the Fire and Rescue service (SDIS)
* Secretariat of the security committee of the town
* Actions for higher education:
:Actions and research on public and private higher education in the community interest.
* Telecommunications network:
Creation of a telecommunications network available for all
* Fight against floods
* Welcoming of
vagrants
Vagrancy is the condition of wandering homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants usually live in poverty and support themselves by travelling while engaging in begging, scavenging, or petty theft. In Western countries, ...
levees
A levee ( or ), dike (American English), dyke (British English; see spelling differences), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated ridge, natural or artificial, alongside the banks of a river, often intended to protect against fl ...
.
:find means to supervise and monitor places of swimming and water activities, subject to the exercise of police powers by the mayors
:monitoring and maintenance of beaches subject to the exercise of police powers by the mayors
* Development and promotional activities in the community interest such as:
:Provision to the member communes of means to take Community action (especially in the context of Article L5211-56 of the General Code for Local Authorities)
Caen la Mer
Caen (; ; ) is a commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Caen
Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...