Lower Normandy information

Lower Normandy (French: Basse-Normandie, IPA: [bɑs nɔʁmɑ̃di, bas -] ; Norman: Basse-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January...

coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands)...

lions passant or, is used in both former regions of France: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. It is based on the design of arms which had been attributed...

was Duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle to establish his throne, his hold on Normandy was secure. In...

The History of Lower Normandy concerns that part of Normandy termed Lower Normandy (in French Basse-Normandie) which was created as a new region of France...

correspond to the present borders of Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy and the Channel Islands. Mainland Normandy was integrated into the Kingdom of France...

and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. It was created in 1956 from two departments: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was...

However, the combined region of Upper and Lower Normandy was simply called "Normandy" (Normandie). Permanent names were proposed by the new...

The University of Caen Normandy (French: Université de Caen Normandie), also known as Unicaen, is a public university in Caen, France. The institution...

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western...

reneged and seized the lands of the Duchy of Normandy. He then split up the duchy, giving its lands in lower Normandy to Hugh the Great. Louis IV thereafter...

This list of castles in Normandy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the regions of Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy in northern France. Links...

Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (meaning "the most beautiful villages of France") is an independent association created in 1982 for the promotion of...

Metropolitan France contains a total of 16,900,000 hectares (65,000 sq mi) of tree coverage, with 13,800,000 hectares (53,000 sq mi) considered to be forestry...

architecture of Normandy spans a thousand years. In Upper Normandy and in the pays d'Auge, Mortainais, Passais and Avranchin (Lower Normandy), the vernacular...

derived their name from Ver (department Manche, canton Gavray), in Lower Normandy, France. The family's Norman founder in England, Aubrey (Albericus)...

The following is a list of amusement parks in Europe sorted by region. Hirschalm, Unterweißenbach, Upper Austria (Hirschalm Fairytale Hunting Park) Märchenpark...

Memorial Pegasus at Ranville in Lower Normandy is a museum and memorial to the 6th Airborne Division in the Normandy landings and particular the capture...

being buried in the abbey. Caen succeeded Bayeux as the capital of Lower Normandy, complementing the second ducal capital of Rouen. Caen fell to Philip...

invented by Paul Creton, an inhabitant of Vimoutiers in the Pays d'Auge, Lower Normandy, France, a village very active in the textile industry in the past centuries...

Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard horse breeding farm in Neuvy-au-Houlme in Lower Normandy and the Haras de Jardy in Marnes-la-Coquette. As part of his breeding...

The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy...

inhabitants. It is the largest city of the Manche department, and second of Lower Normandy (after Caen), surpassing Alençon, which had been second before the amalgamation...

Marchand Nationality  France Born (1973-08-04) 4 August 1973 (age 50) Deauville, Lower Normandy, France Sport Sport Swimming Strokes Medley Medal record...

on 1 January 2016 by reunification of the separate regions Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. Rouen is the regional capital, while Caen is the seat of...

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation...

union chairman Honorary member of Manche Departmental Council Member of Lower Normandy Regional council Member of the European Parliament (1994–1999) Knight...