Upper NormandyUpper Normandy (French: Haute-Normandie, IPA:; Norman: Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. HistoryThe region has a long existence, but as an administrative region it was created in 1956 from two departments: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into the regions of Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy.
PerchePerche (French pronunciation: [pɛʁʃ] ) (French: le Perche) is a former province of France, known historically for its forests and, for the past two centuries, for the Percheron draft horse breed. Until the French Revolution, Perche was bounded by four ancient territories of northwestern France: the provinces of Maine, Normandy, and Orléanais, and the region of Beauce.
EnglandCountry within the United KingdomNot to be confused with United Kingdom.England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100 smaller adjacent islands.
Normandy (administrative region)Normandy is the northwesternmost of the eighteen regions of France, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime. It covers 29,906 square kilometres (11,547 sq mi), comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3,322,757 accounts for around 5% of the population of France.
MancheDepartment of France Department in Normandy, FranceMancheDepartmentFrom top down, left to right: Mont-Saint-Michel, Watchtowers in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Islands of Chausey and Château de Gratot FlagCoat of armsLocation of Manche in FranceCoordinates: 49°03′N 01°15′E / 49.050°N 1.250°E / 49.050; 1.250CountryFranceRegionNormandyPrefectureSaint-LôSubprefecturesAvranchesCherbourgCoutancesGovernment • President of the Departmental CouncilJean Morin (DVD)Area1 • Total5,951 km2 (2,298 sq mi)Population (2023) • Total497,522 • Rank53rd • Density83.60/km2 (216.5/sq mi)DemonymsManchois,ManchotsTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)ISO 3166 codeFR-50Department number50Arrondissements4Constituency4Cantons27Intercommunality8Communes445^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 Manche (/mɒ̃ʃ/; French: [mɑ̃ʃ] ⓘ; Norman: Maunche) is a coastal French department in Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as La Manche, literally "the sleeve", in French.
Departments of FranceIn the administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five overseas departments (which are also classified as overseas regions).
Calvados (department)Calvados (UK: , US: ; French: [kalvados] )is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the Normandy coast. In 2023, it had a population of 709,441.
CaenCaen (UK: or ; French: [kɑ̃] ; Norman: Kaem) is a city and commune 15 km (9.3 mi) inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (as of 2018), while its functional urban area has 470,000, making Caen the second largest urban area in Normandy and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after Le Havre and Rouen.
Regions of FranceFrance is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions administratives, singular région administrative or just région, ). Twelve of which are located in the Hexagon (in Europe), another one is Corsica, while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).
Norman languageNorman or Norman French (Normaund, French: Normand [nɔʁmɑ̃] , Guernésiais: Normand, Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a langue d'oïl spoken in the historical and cultural region of Normandy. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to describe the administrative languages of Anglo-Norman and Law French used in England. For the most part, the written forms of Norman and modern French are mutually intelligible.
FranceCountry primarily in Western EuropeFrance, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.
French languageFrench (français or langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, French and its closest relatives—the langues d'oïl, historically spoken in northern France and southern Belgium—descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. It was influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the GermanicFrankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.