Cancale

commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Place commune_of_france Q203561
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Summary

Cancale is a commune of France[1]. Cancale ranks in the top 0.78% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,080 views/month, #241 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Saint-Malo[3], Ille-et-Vilaine[4], Saint-Malo Agglomération[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Shares border with: Saint-Coulomb[7], Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes[8]
  • Flag: flag of Cancale[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Arnstein[10], Mittelwihr[11], Les Saisies[12], Saint Clement[13], Tanum Municipality[14]
  • Postal code: 35260[15]
  • Commons category: Cancale[16]
  • Official website: https://www.ville-cancale.fr/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cancale[18]
  • Commons gallery: Cancale[19]
  • Email address: mailto:mairie@ville-cancale.fr[20]
  • Population: 5208[21], 5166[22], 5233[23], 5121[24], 5147[25], 5019[26], 4780[27], 4638[28], 4910[29], 5203[30], 5285[31], 5277[32], 5226[33], 5313[34]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Cancale[35]
  • Phone number: +33-2-99-89-60-15[36]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
  • Capital of: canton of Cancale[38]
  • Official name: Cancale[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cancale[40]
  • Female population: 2713[41]
  • Male population: 2408[42]
  • Native label: Cancale[43]
  • Elevation above sea level: 47 m[44], 0 m[45], 56 m[46], 40 m[47]
  • Area: 12.61 km²[48]

Why It Matters

Cancale has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Cancale is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'br', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy',
    Gnd id → 4249392-4
    Sitelink count → 55
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    Website → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.61'}
    Population → {'amount': '+5208'}, {'amount': '+5166'}, {'amount': '+5233'} +14
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Saint-Malo Agglomération
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