This city in Normandy, France, was liberate by the Allies a month after D-Day, in July 1944.

Caen (pronounced /kɑ̃/) is a commune of northwestern France. It is the préfecture of the Calvados département and the capital of the Basse-Normandie (Lower-Normandy) region. The city has a population of 115 000 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 200 000.

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