Cancon

Cancon is also an abbreviation for Canadian content, or CAN-CON, a Science Fiction Convention in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and for the annual gaming convention conducted by the Canberra Games Society in Australia.
Cancon

A general view of Cancon

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Cancon

Coordinates: 44°32′12″N 0°37′35″E / 44.5367°N 0.6264°E / 44.5367; 0.6264Coordinates: 44°32′12″N 0°37′35″E / 44.5367°N 0.6264°E / 44.5367; 0.6264
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton Cancon
Intercommunality Bastide et Châteaux en Guyenne
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Claude Gouget
Area1 24.49 km2 (9.46 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,287
  Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 47048 / 47290
Elevation 90–217 m (295–712 ft)
(avg. 175 m or 574 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cancon is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

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