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Administration
Colombelles

Norman tower


Colombelles
Location within Lower Normandy region Colombelles
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Cabourg
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Mayor	Colin Sueur (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	2–49 m (6.6–161 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
Land area¹	7.14 km² (2.76 sq mi)
Population²	5,895 (2008)
- Density	826 /km² (2,140 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14167/ 14460
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.

Colombelles is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population [edit]

The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after Auguste Thyssen bought some land in 1909 and established a steel mill there.

Colombelles is twinned with Fremington, Devon (UK) since 1983 and with Steinheim am Albuch (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) since 1986 (see that article in German).

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