Hérouville-Saint-Clair

Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Administration
Country France
Region Lower Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Hérouville-Saint-Clair and Caen-Hérouville
Intercommunality Caen la Mer
Mayor Rodolphe Thomas
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 1–70 m (3.3–230 ft)
(avg. 34.5 m/113 ft)
Land area1 10.64 km2 (4.11 sq mi)
Population2 22,267  (2008)
 - Density 2,093 /km2 (5,420 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14327/ 14200
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 Basse-Normandie 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.

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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 of Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Year 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856
Population 553 465 560 621 591 636 662 618 569 630
Year 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906
Population 559 591 596 595 511 560 630 608 658 629
Year 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975
Population 563 672 864 939 896 957 1358 1784 9041 23,712
Year 1982 1990 1999 2008
Population 24,298 24,795 23,992 22,267

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