Hérouville-Saint-Clair

French commune
nomcommune=Hérouville-Saint-Clair
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Calvados
arrondissement=Caen
canton=Hérouville-Saint-Clair and Caen-Hérouville
insee=14327
cp=14200
maire= Rodolphe Thomas
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Caen la Mer
longitude=-0.325278
latitude=49.2044444444
alt moy=34.5 m
alt mini=1
alt maxi=70 m
hectares=1064
km²=10.64
sans=24,025
date-sans=1999
dens=2258
date-dens=1999

Hérouville-Saint-Clair is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.

It is a suburb of the city of Caen, and lies adjacent to it in a northeasterly direction, along the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. Its inhabitants are called "Hérouvillais".

Just across the canal from Hérouville is a Renault Trucks manufacturing plant, which is situated between the canal and the Orne River. Just east of the river is the town of Colombelles.

"Hérouville" was the commune name until 1957.

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.

ee also

*Communes of the Calvados department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."

External links

* [http://www.herouville.net/ Official website]