Cairon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography The commune of Cairon is situated in Normandy, in Calvados, 5 kilometers to the north-west of Caen.
The Mue river and its tributary the Vey flow through Cairon.
Toponymy Cairon, Karon in 1077 and Cayron in 1231:Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, Paris, Larousse, 1963 the toponym was probably formed from the Gallo-Roman Carius by adding the suffix -onis.René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Condé-sur-Noireau, Éd. Charles Corlet, 1996 (, notice BnFno FRBNF36174448), p. 83
History During the Invasion of Normandy, Cairon was liberated on 11 June 1944 by the 46th Royal Marine Commando.
The demonym (previously gentilic) is Caironnais.
Population
See also Communes of the Calvados department Buron Jean-Luc Cairon (born 1962), French gymnast and coach
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