Cairon

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Cairon
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Cairon
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Coordinates: 49°14′28″N 0°26′56″W / 49.2411°N 0.4489°W / 49.2411; -0.4489
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Thue et Mue
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Rouzic[1]
Area 1	5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,023
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14123 /14610
Elevation	28–72 m (92–236 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cairon (French pronunciation: [kɛʁɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

The commune of Cairon is situated in Normandy, in Calvados, 5 kilometers to the north-west of Caen.

The Mue river and its tributary the Vey flow through Cairon.

Cairon, Karon in 1077 and Cayron in 1231:^[3] the toponym was probably formed from the Gallo-Roman Carius by adding the suffix -onis.^[4]

During the Invasion of Normandy, Cairon was liberated on 11 June 1944 by the 46th Royal Marine Commando.

The demonym (previously gentilic) is Caironnais.

In 2015, the commune totaled 1,947 inhabitants, a growth of 21% compared to 2010 (Calvados: +1.53%, France outside Mayotte: +2.44%).

• Communes of the Calvados department
• Buron
• Jean-Luc Cairon (born 1962), French gymnast and coach

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