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Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 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.
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Historical connections. Duchy of Normandy (ca. 912–1465), on...
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Normandy (/ ˈ n ɔːr m ə n d i /; French: Normandie...
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Depuis janvier 2016 la Normandie forme une seule région administrative dont la préfecture est Rouen et dont la capitale politique, siège du Conseil régional de Normandie, est Caen. Le Havre est la commune la plus peuplée et Cherbourg est la préfecture maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord.
- Fondée en l'an 911 par le jarl scandinave Rollon
Normandy was a province in the North-West of what later became France under the Ancien Régime which lasted until the later part of the 18th century. Initially populated by Celtic tribes in the West and Belgic tribes in the North East, it was conquered in AD 98 by the Romans and integrated into the province of Gallia Lugdunensis by Augustus.
In 1790 the five departments of Normandy replaced the former province. Between 1956 and 2015 Normandy was divided into two administrative regions: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy; the regions were merged into one single region on 1 January 2016.
4 days ago · Normandy, historic and cultural region of France encompassing the northern departments of Manche, Calvados, Orne, Eure, and Seine-Maritime and coextensive with the former province of Normandy. It was recreated as an administrative entity in 2016 with the union of the regions of Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie.
