Canéjan
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Canéjan (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx, before 1987: Canéjean)[2] is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Geography
Canéjan 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
Gallo-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 Script error: No such module "convert".. In September 1949, General Charles de Gaulle came in Canéjan to visit firefighters' graves.
Name
There 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
References
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- ↑ Décret du 13 mai 1987 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0154, 5 July 1987, p. 7359.
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