Editing Caen (section)

==Administration==
[[File:Armoiries de Caen.PNG|thumb|The coat of arms of Caen]]

[[List of mayors of Caen|Mayors of Caen]] have included:
*1945–1959: [[Yves Guillou]], [[Rally of the French People]]
*1959–1970: [[Jean-Marie Louvel]], [[Popular Republican Movement|MRP]] and [[Democratic Centre (France)|Centre Démocrate]]
*1970–2001: [[Jean-Marie Girault]], [[Republican Party (France)|Republican Party]] and [[Union for French Democracy|UDF]]
*2001–2008: [[Brigitte Le Brethon]], [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]] and [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
*2008–2014: [[Philippe Duron]], [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
*2014–2024: [[Joël Bruneau]], [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
*2024–present: [[Aristide Olivier]], [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]

Joël Bruneau was re-elected mayor in the [[2020 Caen municipal election|2020 municipal elections]].<ref name=mayor/>

In 1952, the small commune of [[Venoix]] became part of Caen.<ref name=ehess/>

In 1990, the agglomeration of Caen was organized into a district, transformed in 2002 into a ''[[Communauté d'agglomération]]'' (''Grand Caen'' (Greater Caen), renamed [[Communauté d'agglomération Caen la Mer|Caen la Mer]] in 2004), gathers 29 towns and villages, including [[Villons-les-Buissons]], [[Lion-sur-Mer]], [[Hermanville-sur-Mer]], which joined the Communauté d'agglomération in 2004. The population of the "communauté d'agglomération" is around 220,000 inhabitants.

In the former administrative organisation, Caen was a part of 9 [[canton in France|cantons]], of which it was the chief town. These cantons contained a total of 13 towns. Caen gave its name to a 10th canton, of which it was not part. Since the 2015 canton reorganization, Caen is part of the cantons of [[Canton of Caen-1|Caen-1]], [[Canton of Caen-2|2]], [[Canton of Caen-3|3]], [[Canton of Caen-4|4]] and [[Canton of Caen-5|5]].<ref name="decret">{{Cite web |title=Décret n° 2014-160 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Calvados &#124; Legifrance |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028625983 |access-date=16 May 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071540/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028625983 |url-status=live }}</ref>