Caen

Caen ( pronounced can (/kɑ̃/);) 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).René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996. A campus of the École de management de Normandie is in the city.

Sister cities
Caen is twinned with:

  Pernik, Bulgaria
  Nashville, Tennessee, USA (11 April 1991)
  Alexandria, Virginia, USA (28 October 1991)
  Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA  Coventry, United Kingdom
  Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  Würzburg, Germany (May 1962)
  Thiès, Senegal (2 June 1992)

 References 


Category:Former regional capitals in France