Colombelles
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Location within Normandy region
Colombelles
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| Coordinates: 49°12′18″N 0°17′46″W / 49.205°N 0.2961°WCoordinates: 49°12′18″N 0°17′46″W / 49.205°N 0.2961°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Canton | Hérouville-Saint-Clair | |
| Intercommunality | CU Caen la Mer | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Colin Sueur | |
| Area1 | 7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 5,895 | |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14167 /14460 | |
| Elevation | 2–49 m (6.6–160.8 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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.
The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after Auguste Thyssen bought some land in 1909 and established a steel mill there.
Colombelles is twinned with Fremington, Devon (UK) since 1983 and with Steinheim am Albuch (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) since 1986 (see that article in ).
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