Colombelles

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Colombelles
Coordinates: 49°12′18″N0°17′46″W / 49.205°N 0.2961°W / 49.205; -0.2961
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Intercommunality CU Caen la Mer
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Marc Pottier [1]
Area
1
7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
7,015
  Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14167 /14460
Elevation2–49 m (6.6–160.8 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Colombelles (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔ̃bɛl] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer.

Population

The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after August Thyssen bought some land in 1909 and established a steel mill there.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 153    
1906 169+2.01%
1911 188+2.15%
1921 2,039+26.92%
1926 2,556+4.62%
1931 3,308+5.29%
1936 3,455+0.87%
1946 2,021−5.22%
1954 3,526+7.20%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1962 5,122+4.78%
1968 5,668+1.70%
1975 5,566−0.26%
1982 5,306−0.68%
1990 5,695+0.89%
1999 6,242+1.02%
2007 5,771−0.98%
2012 5,764−0.02%
2017 6,918+3.72%
Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968-2017) [4]

International relations

Colombelles is twinned with Fremington, Devon (UK) since 1983 and with Steinheim am Albuch (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) since 1986 (see that article in German).

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Colombelles, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE