Hérouville-Saint-Clair

Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Commune
The Place de la Fontaine seen from the footbridge

Coat of arms
Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Location within Normandy region
Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Coordinates: 49°12′16″N 0°19′31″W / 49.2044°N 0.3253°W / 49.2044; -0.3253Coordinates: 49°12′16″N 0°19′31″W / 49.2044°N 0.3253°W / 49.2044; -0.3253
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Intercommunality Caen la Mer
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Rodolphe Thomas
Area1 10.64 km2 (4.11 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 21,411
 • Density 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 14327 /14200
Elevation 1–70 m (3.3–229.7 ft)
(avg. 34.5 m or 113 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hérouville-Saint-Clair is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern 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.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793553—    
1800465−15.9%
1806560+20.4%
1821621+10.9%
1831591−4.8%
1836636+7.6%
1841662+4.1%
1846618−6.6%
1851569−7.9%
1856630+10.7%
1861559−11.3%
1866591+5.7%
1872596+0.8%
1876595−0.2%
1881511−14.1%
1886560+9.6%
1891630+12.5%
1896608−3.5%
1901658+8.2%
1906629−4.4%
1911563−10.5%
1921672+19.4%
1926864+28.6%
1931939+8.7%
1936896−4.6%
1946957+6.8%
19541,358+41.9%
19621,784+31.4%
19689,041+406.8%
197523,712+162.3%
198224,298+2.5%
199024,795+2.0%
199923,992−3.2%
200822,267−7.2%
201221,411−3.8%

See also

References

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