Chandannagar, formerly spelled as
Chandernagore (
Chôndônnôgôr, ), is a Corporation city and
former French colony located north of
Kolkata, in
West Bengal,
India. It is headquarters of a subdivision in
Hooghly District. It is one of the 7
municipal corporations in West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Located on the
Hooghly River, the city has been able to maintain a separate identity different from all other cities and abide by her own characteristics. The total area is , and had a population of 166,867 at the 2011 Census. Chandannagar is connected to Kolkata by railway, roadways and river and it takes about an hour to reach there by car.