Unité urbaine de Caen

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L'unité urbaine de Caen est une unité urbaine française centrée sur la ville de Caen, préfecture du département du Calvados, en région Normandie. Elle fait partie de la catégorie des grandes agglomérations urbaines de la France, c'est-à-dire ayant plus de 100 000 habitants.

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Operation Charnwood

Operation Charnwood was an Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place from 8 to 9 July 1944, during the Battle for Caen, part of the larger Operation Overlord in the Second World War. The operation was intended to capture the German-occupied city of Caen, which was an important objective for the Allies during the opening stages of Overlord. It was also hoped that the attack would forestall the transfer of German armoured units from the Anglo-Canadian sector to the American sector to the west, where an offensive was being prepared. The British and Canadians advanced on a broad front and by the evening of the second day had taken Caen up to the Orne and Odon rivers. Preceded by a controversial bombing raid that destroyed much of the historic Old City of Caen, Operation Charnwood began at dawn on 8 July, with three infantry divisions attacking German positions north of Caen, behind a creeping barrage. Supported by three armoured brigades, the British I Corps made gradual progress against the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend and the 16th Luftwaffe Field Division. By the end of the day the 3rd Canadian Division and the British 3rd Infantry Division and 59th Infantry Division had cleared the villages in their path and reached the outskirts of the city. Moving into Caen at dawn the following morning, the Allies encountered resistance from remnants of German units who were beginning a withdrawal across the Orne. Carpiquet airfield fell to the Canadians during the early morning and by 18:00, the British and Canadians had linked up along the north bank of the Orne. The remaining bridges were defended or impassable and with German reserves opposite, I Corps ended the operation. Operation Charnwood was mutually costly and a tactical success for the Allies. The Germans retired from north of the Orne River but did not stop sending formations to the American front. The Germans established another defensive line along two ridges to the south of the city. The Allies maintained the initiative and began Operation Jupiter the next day and Operation Goodwood and Operation Atlantic a week later, in which the rest of Caen was secured.

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Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer

The communauté urbaine Caen la Mer is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Caen. It is located in the Calvados department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. It was created in January 2017, replacing the previous Communauté d'agglomération Caen la Mer and two communautés de communes. Its area is 362.9 km2. Its population was 268,470 in 2018, of which 105,512 in Caen proper.

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Church of Vieux Saint-Sauveur de Caen

The Church of Old Saint-Sauveur is a former place of worship on the Place Saint-Sauveur in the old town center of Caen, France. Before the French Revolution, the church was a parish and was called just Saint-Sauveur Church. It took its current name in 1802 when the Notre-Dame-de-Froide-Rue church, which became the center of the new parish, was renamed Saint-Sauveur Church in Caen. The church has been classified as a historical monument since 29 June 1951.

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Church of Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux

The Church of Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux is a former Catholic church, today partly ruined, located in the old city of Caen, Calvados, France. It is not to be confused with the nearby Church of Saint-Étienne, the former church of the Abbaye aux Hommes. This church has been classified as a monument historique since August 22, 1903.

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Operation Atlantic

Operation Atlantic was a Canadian offensive during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The offensive, launched in conjunction with Operation Goodwood by the Second Army, was part of operations to seize the French city of Caen and vicinity from German forces. It was initially successful, with gains made on the flanks of the Orne River near Saint-André-sur-Orne but an attack by the 4th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigades of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, against strongly defended German positions on Verrières Ridge to the south was a costly failure.

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Données générales

En 2010, selon l'INSEE, l'unité urbaine de Caen est composée de 21 communes, toutes situées dans le département du Calvados, plus précisément dans l'arrondissement de Caen. Dans le nouveau zonage de 2020, elle est composée de 24 communes, le périmètre s'élargissant à trois nouvelles communes, celles de Biéville-Beuville, Grainville-sur-Odon et Grentheville. En 2023, avec 216 647 habitants, elle constitue la 1re unité urbaine du département du Calvados et la 3e de la région Normandie. Au niveau national, elle se situe au 33e rang. En 2022, sa densité de population s'élève à 1 227 hab/km2. Par sa superficie, elle ne représente que 3,14 % du territoire départemental mais, par sa population, elle regroupe 30,24 % de la population du département du Calvados. La majeure partie des communes de l'unité urbaine de Caen sont membres de la communauté d'agglomération Caen la Mer, Baron-sur-Odon, Fontaine-Étoupefour, Grainville-sur-Odon et Mondrainville étant les seules à ne pas en faire partie.