Blainville-sur-Orne

French commune
nomcommune=Blainville-sur-Orne
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Calvados
arrondissement=Caen
canton=Ouistreham
insee=14076
cp=14550
maire=Daniel Françoise
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Caen la Mer
longitude=-0.298888888889
latitude=49.2297222222
alt moy=25 m
alt mini=0
alt maxi=36 m
hectares=711
km²=7.11
sans=4390
date-sans=1999
dens=617
date-dens=1999

Blainville-sur-Orne is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France. Its postal code is 14550. The INSEE code is 14076.

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 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 north of Caen
* 7 km south of the English Channel

ee also

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

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."