Caen is a commune 15 km (9.3 mi) 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, making Caen the second largest urban area in Normandy and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after Le Havre and Rouen.
Alençon is a commune in Normandy, France, and the capital of the Orne department. It is situated 173 kilometres (107 mi) west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon.
The autoroute system in France consists largely of toll roads. It is a network of 11,882 km (7,383 mi) of motorways as of 2014. On road signs, autoroute destinations are shown in blue, while destinations reached through a combination of autoroutes are shown with an added autoroute logo. Toll autoroutes are signalled with the word péage.
Autoroute 13, or L'Autoroute de Normandie links Paris to Caen, Calvados.
The N13 is a trunk road in France between Paris and Cherbourg.
The Caen guided light transit or Caen TVR, locally known as "the Tram", was an electrically powered guided bus system in Caen, France, which used Bombardier Guided Light Transit technology.
The A84 autoroute is a major motorway in western France completed on 27 January 2003 to connect the cities of Rennes in Brittany with Caen in Lower Normandy. It is part of the Autoroute des Estuaires from Belgium to Spain, avoiding Paris.
Caen – Carpiquet Airport is an international airport located in Carpiquet, 6 km west of Caen, both communes of the Calvados département in the Normandy region of France. Chalair Aviation has its head offices at the airport. In 2017, Caen – Carpiquet Airport handled 180,910 passengers, an increase of 30.1% over 2016. In 2018, it handled 274,011 passengers, a 51.5% increase over 2017.
A rubber-tyred tram is a development of the guided bus in which a vehicle is guided by a fixed rail in the road surface and draws current from overhead electric wires.
Sylvio Ronny Rodelin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss club Servette.
Alexander Kwabena Baidoo Djiku is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back or a right back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. Born in France, he plays for the Ghana national team.
Jean-Victor Makengo is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 side Lorient.
Nicolas Janvier is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alanyaspor.
Emmanuel Ntim is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for French club Caen.
The Caen tramway is a tram in the city of Caen, France. The tram opened on 27 July 2019 and replaced the Caen Guided Light Transit (TVR) that closed in December 2017. The tramway uses the same route as the TVR, with a short new branch to Presqu'île and a with a new tram depot in Fleury-sur-Orne.
The 2019–20 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 107th season of the French football club since its creation in 1913. Following relegation from Ligue 1 in 2018-19, this was the club's first season back in Ligue 2 after five consecutive seasons in the top flight.
Kélian Nsona Wa Saka is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.
Fabrice Vandeputte is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Championnat National 2 side Caen B. As a player, he was a midfielder.
The 2020 Caen municipal election took place on 15 March 2020 in conjunction with the first round of the 2020 French municipal elections throughout the country.
The Challenge Emiliano Sala is an annual friendly football competition played in honour of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, who died on 21 January 2019 in a plane crash. The participating clubs in the first edition in 2021 were Girondins de Bordeaux, Stade Malherbe Caen, FC Nantes, and Chamois Niortais, all former clubs of Sala.
