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Cancale
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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
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Cancale
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Saint-Malo Agglomération
- Population
- 5672
- Area
- 12.61
- Elevation
- 40
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Cancale
- 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
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-99-89-60-15
- twinned administrative body
- Tanum Municipality
- Commons gallery
- Cancale
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- 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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