Blainville-sur-Orne

Blainville-sur-Orne
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Blainville-sur-Orne
Location within Lower Normandy region Blainville-sur-Orne
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Ouistreham
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Françoise
Area1	7.11 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	6,002
• Density	840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14076 / 14550
Elevation	0–36 m (0–118 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
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.

Blainville-sur-Orne is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Blainville-sur-Orne is on the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer, just south of Bénouville and the famous Pegasus Bridge of D-Day fame. The town is also home to a Renault Trucks (formerly Saviem) manufacturing plant. The plant is across the canal to the southeast, between the canal and the Orne River. Just across the river from the plant is the commune of Colombelles. Directly across the canal from Blainville-sur-Orne is the fourth commercial French port for the importation of exotic wood, generally coming from the Gulf of Guinea. The port also exports cereals that are produced in the area and has a silo capacity of 33,000 tons.

Geography

• 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Caen
• 7 km (4.3 mi) south of the English Channel

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	210	—
1800	299	+42.4%
1806	325	+8.7%
1821	382	+17.5%
1831	351	−8.1%
1836	359	+2.3%
1841	353	−1.7%
1846	389	+10.2%
1851	357	−8.2%
1856	362	+1.4%
1861	381	+5.2%
1866	388	+1.8%
1872	351	−9.5%
1876	350	−0.3%
1881	307	−12.3%
1886	297	−3.3%
1891	282	−5.1%
1896	245	−13.1%
1901	235	−4.1%
1906	239	+1.7%
1911	231	−3.3%
1921	960	+315.6%
1926	1,189	+23.9%
1931	1,206	+1.4%
1936	579	−52.0%
1946	1,573	+171.7%
1954	2,079	+32.2%
1962	2,119	+1.9%
1968	2,735	+29.1%
1975	2,519	−7.9%
1982	4,390	+74.3%
1990	4,341	−1.1%
1999	4,387	+1.1%
2008	6,002	+36.8%

Twin towns

Blainville-sur-Orne is twinned with:

• Bomlitz, Germany, since 2004
• Sartirana Lomellina, Italy, since 2007

See also

• Blainville, Quebec - a suburb of Montreal
• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE