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It is a suburb of the city of Caen, and lies adjacent to it in a northeasterly direction, along the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. Its inhabitants are called Hérouvillais.
Just across the canal from Hérouville is a Renault Trucks manufacturing plant, which is situated between the canal and the Orne River. Just east of the river is the town of Colombelles.
Hérouville was the commune name until 1957.
Population
Hérouville-Saint-Clair experienced a very fast development which made it the most populous suburb of Caen. A simple village at the beginning of 1960, the commune passed from fewer than 2,000 inhabitants to almost 25,000 in less than fifteen years. This figure has varied little since 1975.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1793
553
—
1800
465
−2.45%
1806
560
+3.15%
1821
621
+0.69%
1831
591
−0.49%
1836
636
+1.48%
1841
662
+0.80%
1846
618
−1.37%
1851
569
−1.64%
1856
630
+2.06%
1861
559
−2.36%
1866
591
+1.12%
1872
596
+0.14%
1876
595
−0.04%
1881
511
−3.00%
1886
560
+1.85%
1891
630
+2.38%
1896
608
−0.71%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1901
658
+1.59%
1906
629
−0.90%
1911
563
−2.19%
1921
672
+1.79%
1926
864
+5.15%
1931
939
+1.68%
1936
896
−0.93%
1946
957
+0.66%
1954
1,358
+4.47%
1962
1,784
+3.47%
1968
9,041
+31.06%
1975
23,712
+14.77%
1982
24,298
+0.35%
1990
24,795
+0.25%
1999
24,025
−0.35%
2007
22,590
−0.77%
2012
21,411
−1.07%
2017
22,954
+1.40%
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