Colombelles () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
It is located on the Canal de Caen ÃÂ la Mer.
The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after August Thyssen bought some land in 1909 and established a steel mill there.
Colombelles is twinned with Fremington, Devon (UK) since 1983 and with Steinheim am Albuch (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) since 1986 (see that article in ).