Colombelles | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | CoA_fr_Colombelles.svg |
Arrondissement: | Caen |
Canton: | Hérouville-Saint-Clair |
Insee: | 14167 |
Postal Code: | 14460 |
Mayor: | Marc Pottier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CU Caen la Mer |
Coordinates: | 49.205°N -0.2961°W |
Elevation M: | 40 |
Elevation Min M: | 2 |
Elevation Max M: | 49 |
Area Km2: | 7.14 |
Colombelles (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer.
The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after August 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).