Caen

Caen, a fine old Norman town, capital of Calvados, about 80 m. SE. of Cherbourg; lace the chief manufacture; the burial-place of William the Conqueror, and the native place of Charlotte Corday; it is a well-built town, and has fine old public buildings, a large library, and a noble collection of pictures.

Population (circa 1900) given as 45,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)