CAEN, a city, the capital of the department of Calvados, and of the arrondissement of its own name, in France. It stands on a fine plain at the influx of the Odon into the navigable river Orne. The fortifications are in a dilapidated state. The ground plan of the city has the form of a horse shoe. It has some good places, and streets of moderate width, and the houses are of stone. The dwellings are 8000, and the inhabitants amount to 36,361. It is a manufacturing town, which produces silk and thread lace, a large quantity of hosiery, woollen, linen, and cotton goods, besides snuff, leather, porcelain, wax-candles, paper, parchment, and other articles. It has extensive fisheries on the sea, and some foreign ships repair to its harbour. There is also some internal trade up the river Orne. The city has some good institutions for education and for promoting a knowledge of the fine arts. It is situated in latitude 49. 11. 12. N. and longitude 0. 26. 58. W.