Cabourg
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| Commune of Commune of Cabourg | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00° 06' 55" W |
| Latitude | 49° 17' 21" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Cabourg (chief town) |
| Mayor | Jean-Paul Henriet (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–15 m (avg. 5 m) |
| Land area¹ | 5.52 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
3,520 |
| - Density () | 637/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14117/ 14390 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Cabourg is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région in France.
Population : around 3,500 inhabitants during winter ; 40,000 during summer.
Cabourg is famous for being Marcel Proust's favorite vacation place at the beginning of the 20th century.
- Chur, Switzerland
- Cabourg website (in French)
- Official Cabourg website (in English and French)