Groupe Cote Ouest Immobilier - Lessay - Creances - Pirou Plage
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Groupe Cote Ouest Immobilier - Lessay - Creances - Pirou Plage |
Cote Ouest
Immobilier 115 rue du Haut Chemin, 50710 Créances - Tel. 00 33 (0)2 33
76 59 50 - Mobile 00 33 (0)6 25 55 15 22 or email Martin at
info@housesinnormandy.com
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| Région Basse-Normandie | ||
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| Capital | Caen | |
| Regional President | Philippe Duron (PS) (since 2004) |
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| Departments | Calvados Manche Orne |
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| Arrondissements | 11 | |
| Cantons | 141 | |
| Communes | 1,812 | |
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| Land area1 | 17,589 km² | |
| Population | (Ranked 17th) | |
| - January 1, 2006 est. | 1,449,000 | |
| - March 8, 1999 census | 1,422,193 | |
| - Density (2006) | 82/km² | |
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which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq.
mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers 2 This is the flag of Normandy, which is also used by the Upper Normandy. |
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Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy) is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. The region includes three departments, Calvados, Manche and Orne. It covers 10,857 square miles, 3.2 percent of the surface area of France (Northcutt, 1996, p. 181).
The region's economy is heavily agricultural, with livestock and dairy farming, textiles and fruit production among its major industries. Iron ore is mined near Caen. Tourism is also a major industry.
The region has direct ferry links to England (via the port of Cherbourg and Caen Ouistreham). The nearby port of St Malo in Brittany is also convenient for Ferry Crossings. Other Ferry ports are Dieppe, Boulogne and Calais. From the Brittany airports at Rennes and Dinard you can fly to the UK. Dinard seems to be the most reliable with flights from Ryan Air going to Stanstead and East Midlands on a daily basis. The other main two travelling methods are by train. From Calais you can take the tunnel. Calias is approximately 31/2 hours by car from the Vire area. Other than that you can actually take a train from Vire direct to Paris (2 hrs 40 minutes) and then one metro train to the Gare du Nord from which you can take the Eurostar to Ashford and London.
Regions of Lower Normandy include the Cotentin Peninsula and La Hague, Pays d'Auge, and the Bessin.
In terms of what to do in the region the first thing to remember is that unlike the UK, Basse-Normandy has an excellent if sometimes confusing road network and the so called rare 'Bouchons' or traffic jams are laughable to most UK residents! You can travel a long way on the local motorways and see little traffic and, in the area serviced by Caen and Rennes there are few toll charges.
This means that when you are looking at places to visit distance is not such an object. To provide an example:
Travelling from Vire within one hour's easy driving you can get to Le Mont St Michel, The D Day Beaches, Caen, Bayeux The coast etc
The history of the Basse-Normandie region concerns that part of Normandy termed Basse-Normandie (or "Lower Normandy") that was created in 1956, when the traditional region of Normandy, with an integral history reaching back to the 10th century, was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie ("Upper Normandy").
During the Roman era, the region was divided into several different city-states. That of Vieux-la-Romaine was excavated in the seventeenth century, revealing numerous structures and vestiges bearing testimony to the prosperity of the Caen region.
The region was conquered by the Franks in the 5th century.
In the 9th century, the Norman conquests devastated the region.
In 1066, William the Bastard conquered England, becoming William the Conqueror, or William I of England.
The victory of Tinchebray in 1106 gave Normandy to the Plantagenets. Nearly one hundred years later, in 1204, Philippe Auguste confiscated the region. Then, during the Hundred Years' War, the region was annexed by England.
The French regained the region from 1436 to 1450. By 1468, it was entirely under the control of the French monarchy.
The main thrust of Operation Overlord during World War II was focused on Basse-Normandie.
Normandy has its own regional language, the Norman language. This language is still in use today in Basse-Normandie, 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, and Gustave Flaubert. Notable Norman language authors connected especially with Lower Normandy include Alfred Rossel, Louis Beuve, and Côtis-Capel.
In terms of music, composer Erik Satie also hailed from this region. And in the visual arts, Jean-Franois Millet was a native of La Hague.
