Cancale
Cancale is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is known as the birthplace of Saint Jeanne Jugan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Helmlechner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Village with 5,440 residents
- Description: commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- Also known as: “Cauncall” and “Kankaven”
- Postal codes: 35260 and 35260
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancienne église Saint-Méen de Cancale and Église Saint-Méen de Cancale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pointe du Grouin and Rothéneuf.
Pointe du Grouin
Locality
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The rocky finger of the Pointe du Grouin points out and protects the entrance into the bay of Mont Saint-Michel. On this headland, a Grande Randonnée footpath runs around hugging the cliff face and there is a circular walk starting out from Cancale. Pointe du Grouin is situated 3½ km north of Cancale.
Rothéneuf
Suburb
Rothéneuf is a village in the north west of France, situated north-east from Saint-Malo, about five kilometres alongside the coast. Administratively, it is part of the commune of Saint-Malo, in the département of Ille-et-Vilaine. Rothéneuf is situated 9 km west of Cancale.
Saint-Ideuc
Suburb
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Ideuc is a suburb, which is situated 9 km west of Cancale.
Cancale
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Cancale, Arrondissement of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.67717° or 48° 40′ 38″ northLongitude
-1.8507° or 1° 51′ 3″ westPopulation
5,440Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 26696032OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Cancale” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cancale”
- Arabic: “كانكال”
- Aragonese: “Cancale”
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- Bambara: “Cancale”
- Basque: “Cancale”
- Bavarian: “Cancale”
- Belarusian: “Канкаль”
- Breton: “Kankaven”
- Cajun French: “Cancale”
- Catalan: “Cancale”
- Cebuano: “Cancale (munisipyo)”
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- Chechen: “Канкаль”
- Chinese: “Cancale”
- Chinese: “康卡勒”
- Chinese: “康卡尔”
- Corsican: “Cancale”
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- Danish: “Cancale”
- Dutch: “Cancale”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانكال”
- Esperanto: “Cancale”
- Esperanto: “Cauncall”
- Esperanto: “Kankaven”
- Estonian: “Cancale”
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- French: “Cancale”
- French: “Cauncall”
- French: “Kankaven”
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- German: “Cancale”
- German: “Cauncall”
- German: “Kankaven”
- Greek: “Κανκάλ”
- Hebrew: “קנקאל”
- Hungarian: “Cancale”
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- Ido: “Cancale”
- Indonesian: “Cancale”
- Indonesian: “Cauncall”
- Indonesian: “Kankaven”
- Interlingua: “Cancale”
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- Italian: “Cancale”
- Italian: “Cauncall”
- Italian: “Kankaven”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Cancale”
- Japanese: “カンカル”
- Kabyle: “Cancale”
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- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cancale”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cancale”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cancallebukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cauncall”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kankaven”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cancale”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kankaven”
- Papiamento: “Cancale”
- Persian: “کنکل”
- Picard: “Cancale”
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- Polish: “Cancale”
- Portuguese: “Cancale”
- Portuguese: “Cauncall”
- Portuguese: “Kankaven”
- Prussian: “Cancale”
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- Russian: “Канкаль”
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- Serbian: “Cancale”
- Serbian: “Kankal”
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- Spanish: “Cancale”
- Spanish: “Cauncall”
- Spanish: “Kankaven”
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- Tatar: “Канкаль”
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- Welsh: “Kankaven”
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- Zulu: “Cancale”
- “Cancale”
- “Cauncall”
- “Kankaven”
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