Blainville-sur-Orne
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Commune of Blainville-sur-Orne |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Ouistreham |
| Intercommunality | Caen la Mer |
| Mayor | Daniel Françoise (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–36 m (avg. 25 m) |
| Land area¹ | 7.11 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,390 |
| - Density | 617/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 14076/ 14550 |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Blainville-sur-Orne is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France. Its postal code is 14550. The INSEE code is 14076.
Blainville-sur-Orne is on the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer, just south of Bénouville and the famous Pegasus Bridge of D-Day fame. The town is also home to a Renault Trucks manufacturing plant. The plant is across the canal to the southeast, between the canal and the Orne River. Just across the river from the plant is the commune of Colombelles. Directly across the canal from Blainville-sur-Orne is the fourth commercial French port for the importation of exotic wood, generally coming from the Gulf of Guinea. The port also exports cereals that are produced in the area and has a silo capacity of 33,000 tons.
[edit] Geography
- 7 km north of Caen
- 7 km south of the English Channel
[edit] See also
- Blainville, Quebec - a suburb of Montreal
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