Caen

E99797
city

Caen is a historic city in Normandy, France, known for its medieval architecture, ties to William the Conqueror, and its role in the World War II Normandy campaign.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Caen canonical 92
Caen, France 2
Caen port system 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
adminCenterOf Calvados department ⓘ
Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy region (regional council)
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonym Caennais ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 15 km south of the English Channel coast ⓘ
economicActivity education ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
foundedBy William the Conqueror ⓘ
hasAirport Caen – Carpiquet Airport ⓘ
hasInstitution Université de Caen Normandie campus ⓘ
surface form: University of Caen Normandy
hasLandmark Abbaye aux Dames ⓘ
Abbaye aux Hommes ⓘ
Château de Caen ⓘ
Mémorial de Caen museum ⓘ
Université de Caen Normandie campus ⓘ
Église Saint-Pierre de Caen ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée de Normandie ⓘ
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen ⓘ
Mémorial de Caen museum ⓘ
surface form: Mémorial de Caen
hasRailwayStation Gare de Caen ⓘ
hasTwinTown Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria (Virginia)

Chernivtsi ⓘ
Nashville ⓘ
Portsmouth ⓘ
Dakar ⓘ
surface form: Thiès

Würzburg ⓘ
historicalRegion Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
isPartOf Calvados ⓘ
Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy region
knownFor medieval architecture ⓘ
role in the World War II Normandy campaign ⓘ
ties to William the Conqueror ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Calvados department ⓘ
Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy

Western France ⓘ
surface form: northwestern France
locatedNear English Channel ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Orne River ⓘ
population approximately 100000 to 120000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCodeRange 14000 ⓘ
reconstructionPeriod post-World War II ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy
significantEvent Battle for Caen ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Caen (1944)

Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings (World War II)
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
warDamage heavily bombed in 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sword Beach → nearestMajorCity → Caen ⓘ
Arromanches-les-Bains → hasNearbyCity → Caen ⓘ
Portsmouth → twinTown → Caen ⓘ
Normandy → contains → Caen ⓘ
Courseulles-sur-Mer → locatedNear → Caen ⓘ
Würzburg, Germany → hasTwinTown → Caen ⓘ
subject surface form: Würzburg
Royal Winnipeg Rifles → battleHonour → Caen ⓘ
Cherbourg → hasRailConnectionTo → Caen ⓘ
Regina Rifle Regiment → battleHonour → Caen ⓘ
Fort Garry Horse → battleHonour → Caen ⓘ
1st Hussars → battleHonour → Caen ⓘ
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest → servedCity → Caen ⓘ
Wace → basedIn → Caen ⓘ
Goodwood → cityNear → Caen ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Goodwood
Battle for Caen → location → Caen ⓘ
Charlotte Corday → residence → Caen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caen, France
Ouistreham → hasNearbyCity → Caen ⓘ
Caen Canal → connects → Caen ⓘ
Caen Canal → terminus → Caen ⓘ
Caen Canal → nearbyCity → Caen ⓘ
Caen Canal → partOf → Caen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caen port system
Ver-sur-Mer → nearestLargeCity → Caen ⓘ
Ver-sur-Mer → regionCapital → Caen ⓘ
Calvados department → capital → Caen ⓘ
Calvados department → prefecture → Caen ⓘ
Calvados department → contains → Caen ⓘ
Baie de Seine → near → Caen ⓘ
Carentan → nearbyCity → Caen ⓘ
Falaise, Duchy of Normandy → nearbyCity → Caen ⓘ
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen → locatedIn → Caen ⓘ
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen → locatedInCity → Caen ⓘ
Bayeux → hasRailConnectionTo → Caen ⓘ
Portsmouth, England → hasTwinTown → Caen ⓘ
Calvados → capital → Caen ⓘ
Calvados → prefecture → Caen ⓘ
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → closestMajorCity → Caen ⓘ
medieval Duchy of Normandy → territoryIncludes → Caen ⓘ
subject surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Matilda of Flanders → deathPlace → Caen ⓘ
Cecilia of Normandy → deathPlace → Caen ⓘ
Cecilia of Normandy → residence → Caen ⓘ
Henry Bernard → notableWork → Caen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reconstruction plan of Caen
N’Golo Kanté → playedFor → Caen ⓘ
Arrondissement of Caen → administrativeCenter → Caen ⓘ
Arrondissement of Caen → capital → Caen ⓘ
Arrondissement of Caen → contains → Caen ⓘ
Arrondissement of Caen → hasSeat → Caen ⓘ
TER Normandie → connectsCity → Caen ⓘ
Paris–Caen–Cherbourg → terminus → Caen ⓘ
Paris–Caen–Cherbourg → connectsCity → Caen ⓘ
Paris–Caen–Cherbourg → namedAfter → Caen ⓘ