Lawer Normandy
| Lawer Normandy Basse-Normandie |
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| — Region o Fraunce — | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Caen |
| Depairtments | |
| Govrenment | |
| - Preses | Laurent Beauvais (PS) |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 17,589 km2 (6,791.2 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2007-01-01) | |
| - Tot | 1,453,000 |
| - Densitie | 82.6/km2 (214/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| NUTS Region | FR2 |
| Wabsteid | cr-basse-normandie.fr |
Lawer Normandy (French: Basse-Normandie, IPA: [bas nɔr.mɑ̃.di]; Norman: Basse-Normaundie) is an admeenistrative region o Fraunce. It wis creatit in 1956, when the Normandy region wis dividit intae Lawer Normandy an Upper Normandy. The region includes three depairtments, Calvados, Manche an Orne, that cover the pairt o Normandy traditionally termit "Lawer Normandy" lyin wast o the Dives River, the Pays d'Auge (except a sma pairt remainin in Upper Normandy), a sma pairt o the Pays d'Ouche (the main pairt remainin in Upper Normandy), the Norman Perche an pairt o the "French" Perche. It covers 10,857 km2, 3.2 percent o the surface aurie o Fraunce.[1]
The traditional destricts o Lawer Normandy include the Cotentin Peninsulae an La Hague, the Campagne de Caen, the Norman Bocage, the Bessin an the Avranchin.
References [edit]
- ↑ (Northcutt, 1996, p. 181)
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Offeecial wabsteid
- (Inglis) Lower Normandy at the Open Directory Project
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