The Basse-Normandie region of France

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The Normandy that we know for its Calvados, its dairy products and its escaped English people who came here because it was closer and cheaper than the Dordogne. Vast plains of wheat near Caen but there's also the Suisse Normande with deep valleys and small fields with hedgerows.

It is heavily agricultural, with livestock and dairy farming, textiles and fruit production.

Tourism is also a major industry. The region has direct ferry links to England (via the ports of Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham) and the beaches of Calvados were the site of the D-Day landings in June 1944. Bayeux is the home of the tapestry and Guillaume Conquerant's legacy is everywhere, at Caen, Bayuex, Falaise, etc..

Basse-Normandie suffered badly during World War II , with many of the region's towns and villages being destroyed during the Battle of Normandy.

The region includes three départements, Calvados, Manche and Orne and covers 10,857 square miles, 3.2 percent of the surface area of France. Basse-Normandie was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie, by the splitting off of Seine Maritime and Eure Departements.

Basse-Normandie contains the following departements (the chief town of each department - the prefecture) is shown in brackets:-
  • Calvados (Caen)
  • Manche (Saint-Lo)
  • Orne (Alencon)
The population is 2.48% of France's total, on 3.25% of its area.