Caen

Caen is the capital of Lower Normandy and of Calvados département in northern France and has a population of 115,000. Caen is a college city and thus very active. In summer, tourists gather in Normandy for Second World War remains and the Memorial for Peace.

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Honfleur
Mont Saint Michel
Bayeux
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Honfleur
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  • City over 80% destroyed by WWII, the castle which William the Conqueror once inhabited has been restored, along with a plethora of cathedrals, which you shouldn't have to pay to enter. • Michael L.
  • Its beautiful here I went to the war museeum the scenery was nice • RosiePosie. R.
  • Caen is the home town of William the conqueror and the remains of his estate are here, also the ww2 cemetry,statue of joan of arc.the city was completely flattened during the war... • Simon B.
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Caen Travel Guide is based on Caen by Hugh, Claus Hansen, Philippe Malarme, Jonathan Balaban, Episteme, Janki, iGuide and others. Caen Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.