Canéjan (French pronunciation: [kaneʒɑ̃] ; Gascon: Canejan, before 1987: Canéjean)[3] is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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 The church in Canéjan | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Canéjan  | |
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| Coordinates: 44°45′50″N 0°39′13″W / 44.7639°N 0.6536°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | Pessac-1 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Garrigou[1] |
Area 1 | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,916 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33090 /33610 |
| Elevation | 23–56 m (75–184 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editCanéjan is located 11.4 km southwest of Bordeaux. It is on the A63 autoroute, as well as the Route nationale 10.
The commune borders Cestas (southwest), Gradignan (northeast), Pessac (north), and Léognan (southeast).
History
editGallo-Romans' relics has been discovered which attest human presence around the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century.
On 20 August 1949, 29 people from Canéjan died at Le Puch (Cestas), while fighting a fire which killed 82 and burned 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres). In September 1949, General Charles de Gaulle came in Canéjan to visit firefighters' graves.
Name
editThere used to be two different ways of spelling the name of the city, Canéjean or Canéjan, in July 1987 it has been decided to keep only one: Canéjan.
Population
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Décret du 13 mai 1987 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0154, 5 July 1987, p. 7359.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Canéjan, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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