The region of Basse-Normandie has the number 25 and is divided into 3 departments, 11 districts, 141 townships and 1812 municipalities. Below you will find the localization of Basse-Normandie on the map of France, and the satellite map of Basse-Normandie .
What are the districts of Lower Normandy?
The traditional districts of Lower Normandy include the Cotentin Peninsula and La Hague, the Campagne de Caen, the Norman Bocage, the Bessin, and the Avranchin.
What is the third largest city in Normandy?
It is also the third largest municipality in all of Normandy after Le Havre and Rouen and the third largest city proper in Normandy, after Rouen and Le Havre. The metropolitan area of Caen, in turn, is the second largest in Normandy after that of Rouen, the 21st largest in France.
What language do they speak in Normandy?
In addition to French, Normandy has its own regional language, Norman. It is still in use today in Lower Normandy, with the dialects of the Cotentin more in evidence than others. Lower Normandy has also been the home of many well-known French authors, including Guy de Maupassant, Marcel Proust, Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly.
What happened to the population of Basse-Normandie?
Basse-Normandie, former région of France. The region is sparsely inhabited. The process of rural depopulation, which characterized much of France in the 19th and early 20th centuries, was especially pronounced in Basse-Normandie, the population of which declined by more than 38 percent between 1851 and 1946.
Where is Normandy located in France?
The northern and western shores of the region are washed by the English Channel. In 2016 the Basse-Normandie région was joined with the région of Haute-Normandie to form the new administrative entity of Normandy. On the Beach of Deauville, painting on wood by Eugene Boudin, 1869; in the Louvre, Paris.
Is Haute Haute Normandie part of Normandy?
Haute-Normandie, former région of France, incorporated since January 2016 into the région of Normandy. As an administrative entity, it comprised the northern départements of Eure and Seine-Maritime and encompassed the northeastern portion of historical Normandy.
