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Also known as Cauncall, Kankaven

Cancale (; ; Gallo: Cauncall) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is known as the birthplace of Saint Jeanne Jugan.

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Cancale is a commune in France, situated within the arrondissement of Saint-Malo in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine. It serves as the capital of the canton of Cancale and is part of the Saint-Malo Agglomération. The town is located in the Brittany region and shares borders with Saint-Coulomb and Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes. Its official postal code is 35260, and it falls under the Europe/Paris timezone.

The commune has an area of 12.61 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 5,672 residents and another citing 5,751. Demographic data indicates a male population of 2,408 and a female population of 2,713. Elevation above sea level is recorded at 56 meters in one dataset and 10 meters in another. Cancale is twinned with Arnstein, Mittelwihr, Les Saisies, and Saint Clement.

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Place details

Locality
Cancale
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Population
5,751
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Air quality

32US AQIGood
PM2.5
5.7 µg/m³
PM10
8.7 µg/m³
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Key facts

French commune.name
Cancale
French commune.native name
(Gallo)
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason ville fr Cancale (Ille-et-Vilaine).svg
French commune.image
Cancale.jpg
French commune.caption
Cancale, Port de la Houle
French commune.arrondissement
Saint-Malo
French commune.canton
Saint-Malo-1
French commune.INSEE
35049
French commune.postal code
35260
French commune.mayor
Pierre-Yves Mahieu
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality
CA Pays de Saint-Malo
French commune.elevation m
45
French commune.elevation min m
0
French commune.elevation max m
56
French commune.area km2
12.6
French commune.image flag
Flag of Cancale.gif

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Cancale
Country
France
Population
5672
Area
12.61
Elevation
40
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
Official website
www.ville-cancale.fr
Image
00 3503 Cancale, Bretagne, Frankreich.jpg
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Commons category
Cancale
category for people born here
Category:Births in Cancale
topic's main category
Category:Cancale
postal code
35260
associated electoral district
canton of Saint-Malo-1
male population
2408
female population
2713
native label
Cancale
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-2-99-89-60-15
twinned administrative body
Tanum Municipality
Commons gallery
Cancale
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Population
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Tourism
  • Oysters
  • International relations
  • Climate
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Cancale (; ; Gallo: Cauncall) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is known as the birthplace of Saint Jeanne Jugan.

==Population== Inhabitants of Cancale are called Cancalais in French.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cancale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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