Colombelles
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Canton | Hérouville-Saint-Clair | |
| Community association | Caen la Mer | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
| height | 2-49 m | |
| surface | 7.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,918 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 969 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14460 | |
| INSEE code | 14167 | |
| Website | www.colombelles.fr | |
 Norman tower in Colombelles |
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Colombelles is a French commune with 6918 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the coast of the Calvados department in the Normandy region . Colombelles belongs to the arrondissement of Caen and is part of the canton of Hérouville-Saint-Clair . The inhabitants are called Colombellois .
geography
Today Colombelles is a banlieue of Caen , through which the Orne flows and the Canal de Caen à la Mer runs along its north-western edge . Colombelles is surrounded by the neighboring communities Blainville-sur-Orne in the north, Ranville , Hérouvillette and Escoville in the north-east, Cuverville in the east, Giberville in the south-east, Mondeville in the south and Hérouville-Saint-Clair in the west.
history
Settlements from the Neolithic can be traced back to the 6th millennium BC. The first mention of Colombelles dates back to 1082.
In 1909 August Thyssen built a steel mill here. Out of the interest in the French iron ore, he committed himself to the French government to smelt 60% of the ore in France and to bring the rest to the Ruhr area. With the First World War, the plant was requisitioned and continued from 1917 by the Société métallurgique de Normandie (SMN) until it was closed in 1993.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 5.122 | 5,668 | 5,566 | 5,306 | 5,695 | 6,242 | 5,844 | 5,442 |
Source: INSEE
economy
After the decline of the steel industry, there is still a Renault Commercial Vehicles plant in the municipality. Industrial and commercial enterprises as well as apartments have been built on the former industrial areas of the SMN.
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, built in Romanesque style in the 11th and 12th centuries, monument historique since 1927
- Saint-Serge Church, Russian Orthodox Church, built in 1926 for the workers of the SMN, partially destroyed in 1944, rebuilt in 1947, monument historique since 1992
- Norman tower (replica), formerly part of the wall or the old château (17th century), which was destroyed in 1944
- SMN cooling tower
- obelisk
Saint Martin Church
Saint-Serge church
Obelisk, called La Pyramide
Personalities
- Jean Hougron (1923-2001), writer
- Michel Hidalgo (1933-2020), football player and coach
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the British community of Fremington in Devon since 1983 and with the German community of Steinheim am Albuch in Baden-Württemberg since 1986 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 368-371.
