Canéjan (; oc-gsc, Canejan) is a commune in the

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in southwestern

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Geography

Canéjan is located 11.4 km southwest of

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. It is on the

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, as well as the

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. The commune borders

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(southwest),

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(northeast),

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(north), and

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(southeast).

History

Gallo-Romans' relics has been discovered which attest human presence around the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century. On August 20, 1949, 29 people from Canéjan died at Le Puch (Cestas), while fighting a fire which killed 82 and burned 28,000 hectares (69,200 acres). In September 1949, General Charles de Gaulle came in Canéjan to visit firefighters' graves.

Name

There used to be two different ways of spelling the name of the city, Canéjean or Canéjan, in July 1987 it has been decided to keep only one: Canéjan.