Cairon

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Cairon
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°14′28″N 0°26′56″W / 49.2411°N 0.4489°W / 49.2411; -0.4489Coordinates: 49°14′28″N 0°26′56″W / 49.2411°N 0.4489°W / 49.2411; -0.4489
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Rouzic
Area 1	5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	2,007
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14123 /14610
Elevation	28–72 m (92–236 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cairon (French pronunciation: [kɛʁɔ̃] (listen)) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography[]

The commune of Cairon is situated in Normandy, in Calvados, 5 kilometers to the north-west of Caen.

The Mue river and its tributary the Vey flow through Cairon.

Toponymy[]

Cairon, Karon in 1077 and Cayron in 1231:^[2] the toponym was probably formed from the Gallo-Roman Carius by adding the suffix -onis.^[3]

History[]

During the Invasion of Normandy, Cairon was liberated on June 11, 1944, by the 46th Royal Marine Commando.

The demonym (previously gentilic) is Caironnais.

Population[]

In 2015, the commune totaled 1,947 inhabitants, a growth of 21% compared to 2010 (Calvados: +1.53%, France outside Mayotte: +2.44%).

See also[]

• Communes of the Calvados department
• Buron
• Jean-Luc Cairon (born 1962), French gymnast and coach

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