Hérouville-Saint-Clair
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| Commune of Hérouville-Saint-Clair | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | -00°19'31 |
| Latitude | 49°12'16 |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Basse-Normandie |
| Département | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Chief town of the canton of Caen-5 |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Caen la Mer |
| Mayor | Rodolphe Thomas (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 1–70 (avg. 34.5) |
| Land area¹ | 10.64 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
24,025 |
| - Density (1999) | 2,258/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14327/ 14200 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Hérouville-Saint-Clair is a town and commune of the Calvados département and Basse-Normandie région in northwestern France. It is a suburb of the city of Caen, and lies adjacent to it in a northeasterly direction. Its inhabitants are called Hérouvillais.
Hérouville was the commune name until 1957.
[edit] Population
Hérouville-Saint-Clair experienced a very fast development which made it the most populous suburb of Caen. A simple village at the beginning of 1960, the commune passed from fewer than 2,000 inhabitants to almost 25,000 in less than fifteen years. This figure has varied little since 1975.
[edit] Administration
The canton of Hérouville-Saint-Clair (sometimes also called Caen-5 ), includes only part of the commune. It has a population of 18,607. The other part belongs to the canton of Caen-Hérouville (or Caen-6).
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