The Pays de Caux (/ˈpeɪdəkoʊ/, French pronunciation:[peidəko], literally Land of Caux) is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast; its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre. In the east, it borders on the Pays de Bray where the strata below the chalk show through.
Cauchois is a notable dialect of the Norman language. The Pays de Caux is one of the remaining strongholds of the Norman language outside the Cotentin (or Cherbourg) peninsula.
The principal communities are Le Havre, Dieppe, Fécamp, Yvetot, and Étretat.
The PaysdeCaux (/ˈpeɪ də koʊ/, French pronunciation: [pei də ko], literally Land of Caux) is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French...
is spoken in and takes its name from the PaysdeCaux region of the Seine-Maritime department. The PaysdeCaux is one of the remaining strongholds of the...
neighbouring PaysdeCaux; the sticky clay is quite different from the dry, firm chalk of the PaysdeCaux. Viewed geologically, the Paysde Bray is a relatively...
Islands and the Cotentin Peninsula (Cotentinais) in the west, and the PaysdeCaux (Cauchois dialect) in the east. Ease of access from Paris and the popularity...
bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the PaysdeCaux, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune...
Cauchois, or Norman bidet, is a breed of heavy draft horse native to the PaysdeCaux, on the coast of the former Haute-Normandie region of France. Renowned...
and Bourgtheroulde-Infreville. The landscape is similar to that of the PaysdeCaux on the north side of the Seine. The economy is mainly based on agriculture...
have originated in Bec-de-Mortagne, Pays-de-Caux, Normandy, about five miles south-east of Fécamp, according to the Roman de Rou poem written by Wace...
and public buildings, such as town halls. Some villages of the paysdeCaux and the Paysde Bray were entirely rebuilt this way. The other parts of Lower...
Latin: Calētēs or Calētī) were a Belgic or Gallic tribe dwelling in PaysdeCaux, in present-day Normandy, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They...
brave" and "Father of the Cauchois" (the people of the region of the PaysdeCaux), he is remembered for fighting against the English in Normandy during...
Sainte-Marie-du-Câtel (Guernsey), le Câtel (Jersey), Manoir du Catel (PaysdeCaux), Radicatel (PaysdeCaux), etc. corresponding to French château. There are many derived...
is the name of the evacuation of Allied troops from Le Havre, in the PaysdeCaux of Upper Normandy from 10 to 13 June 1940, towards the end of the Battle...
Caux may refer to: Caux, Hérault, southern France Caux, Switzerland PaysdeCaux, Normandy Caux or Kaw, French Guiana Caus Castle, near Westbury, Shropshire...
frequent value.[clarification needed] But inside the same pays of Normandy, for instance in paysdeCaux, the farmers (still in the 20th century) made the difference...
through parkland to Montivilliers, then follows the chalk cliffs of the PaysdeCaux for most of the route. Étretat is known for its chalk formations, painted...
administrative region: the PaysdeCaux, the Paysde Bray (not that of Picardy), the Roumois, the Campagne of Le Neubourg, the Plaine de Saint-André and the...
Mortemer (Roger de Mortemer, Roger de Mortimer, Roger Mortimer) (fl. 1054 - aft. 1078), founded the abbey of St. Victor en Caux in the PaysdeCaux of Upper...
of the PaysdeCaux. He is called John of Caen (Johannes de Cadamo) by Matthew Paris, and other writers give his cognomen in the various forms De Calceto...
the political unification of the two different Viking settlements of paysdeCaux-lower Seine in the east and Cotentin in the west. Furthermore, Rollo...
of Norman stock, of likely Scandinavian descent, originating in the PaysdeCaux, from that of the Viking Tancredus (fr. Tancrède), companion of Rollo...
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