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Module:Location map/data/France Caen is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Caen. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Further, Caen was one of the hosts of the EuroBasket 1983. The city has a football team, SM Caen, who as of 2024 are owned by superstar footballer Kylian Mbappé. The Drakkars de Caen play ice hockey in the FFHG Division 1. In 2014, Caen was the location of the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.
There are two airports: Caen-Carpiquet and Deauville-Saint Gatien. The department of Calvados has several popular tourist areas: the Bessin, the Plain of Caen, the Bocage Virois, the Côte de Nacre, the Côte Fleurie and the Pays d'Auge. Several beaches of Calvados are popular for water sports, including Cabourg and Merville-Franceville-Plage.
Since March 2004, the town of Caen has undertaken the restoration of the ramparts, with the financial help of the ERDF (consolidation, opening of arrow slits walled-up during the 19th century) . 6,000 m³ of earth are being removed, in order to give a better view of the north-west wall of the 12th century. This operation has revealed the cellar ...
The Boulevard périphérique de Caen is a ring road circling the French city of Caen. It is the route nationale 814. Traveling speed on the road is limited to 90 km/h (55 mph) between the Exit 13 and 8, with a brief portion near the Exit 1 as well as the Viaduc de Calix limited to 70 km/h (45 mph) and 110 km/h (70 mph) elsewhere.
Caen is a city and a commune of Normandy, northwestern France. It is the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Calvados département
The Hôtel d'Escoville The Séminaire des Eudistes. Early meetings of the local council were held in the square tower at the Châtelet, which dated back at least to the early 14th century, and was located on the bridge across the River Orne, close to what is now the junction between the Boulevard Maréchal Leclerc and the Rue Saint-Jean.