La Caine

La Caine
La Caine
Commune
	The crossroads of La Caine
	Location of La Caine
	La Caine La Caine
	Coordinates: 49°02′07″N 0°31′08″W / 49.0353°N 0.5189°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Évrecy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yannick Leguiriec
Area 1	2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population (2021)	158
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14122 /14210
Elevation	114–193 m (374–633 ft) ; (avg. 176 m or 577 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Caine (French pronunciation: [la kɛn] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

History

A nunnery was founded at La Caine, probably in 1066.^[3]

World War II

Following the Allied Normandy Landings, the headquarters of Panzer Group West was established in the Chateau at La Caine. The headquarters' new location was revealed to the British intelligence by Ultra's deciphering of German signals traffic. On 10 June 1944, aircraft of the RAF's Second Tactical Air Force bombed the village killing the German chief of staff and many other personnel. German communications equipment and vehicles were also destroyed.[1]

Geography

La Caine is about 12 miles southwest of Caen. The municipality is adjacent to Préaux-Bocage in the north, Montillières-sur-Orne in the northeast and east, Ouffières in the southeast, Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom in the south and Montigny in the west.

Demographics

The population changes are known through the population censuses carried out in the municipality since 1793. From 2006, the legal populations of the municipalities have been published annually by Insee.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	167	—
1800	90	−46.1%
1806	176	+95.6%
1821	121	−31.2%
1831	120	−0.8%
1836	130	+8.3%
1841	149	+14.6%
1846	136	−8.7%
1851	144	+5.9%
1856	134	−6.9%
1861	153	+14.2%
1866	146	−4.6%
1872	128	−12.3%
1876	140	+9.4%
1881	144	+2.9%
1886	151	+4.9%
1891	146	−3.3%
1896	143	−2.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1901	133	−7.0%
1906	122	−8.3%
1911	119	−2.5%
1921	97	−18.5%
1926	86	−11.3%
1931	82	−4.7%
1936	75	−8.5%
1946	69	−8.0%
1954	79	+14.5%
1962	68	−13.9%
1968	65	−4.4%
1975	81	+24.6%
1982	60	−25.9%
1990	97	+61.7%
1999	93	−4.1%
2005	93	+0.0%
2010	110	+18.3%
2015	147	+33.6%

Religion

The Notre Dame church in the centre of La Caine.

La Caine has a small Roman Catholic church, the L'église Notre-Dame.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Hicks, Leonie V (2007). Religious Life in Normandy, 1050-1300: Space, Gender, and Social Pressure. Boydell Press. p. 7. ISBN 9781843833291.
^ "Eglise LA CAINE : Normandy Tourism".

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Hicks, Leonie V (2007). Religious Life in Normandy, 1050-1300: Space, Gender, and Social Pressure. Boydell Press. p. 7. ISBN 9781843833291.

[4] "Eglise LA CAINE : Normandy Tourism".

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