Basse-Normandie
Basse-Normandie
Benmore Dam
<catset>Category="Basse-Normandie"</catset><catset>Category="Regions of France"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"><tr><td> <caption><big><big><b> Région Basse-Normandie</b></big></big></caption> </td><td align=center colspan=2> <table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style=" background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"><tr><td width=150>[image] </td><td align=center width=150>[image]</td></tr><tr><td align=center width=150><small> (Région flag)<sup>2</sup></small> </td><td align=center width=150><small>(Région logo)</small></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2> <table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style=" background:#f9f9f9;"><tr align=center><td>[image]</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr valign=top><td><b><a href="Capital">Capital</a></b></td><td><a href="Caen">Caen</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td><b><a href="Ranked list of French regions">Land area</a></b>…</td><td> 17,589 km²</td></tr><tr valign=top><td><b><a href="President of the regional council">Regional President</a></b></td><td><a href="Philippe Duron">Philippe Duron</a><br>(<a href="Socialist Party (France)">PS</a>) (since <a href="2004">2004</a>)</td></tr><tr valign=top><td nowrap width=165 style="white-space: nowrap;"><b><a href="Ranked list of French regions">Population</a></b><br>&nbsp;- <a href="January 1">Jan.1</a>, <a href="2004">2004</a> estimate<br>&nbsp;- <a href="March 8">March 8</a>, <a href="1999">1999</a> census<br>&nbsp;- <a href="Population density">Density</a></td><td width=135>(Ranked  17th)<br>1,443,000<br>1,422,193<br><a href="Ranked list of French regions"> 82</a>/km² ( 2004)</td></tr><tr valign=top><td><b><a href="Arrondissement in France">Arrondissements</a></b></td><td>11</td></tr><tr valign=top><td><b><a href="Canton in France">Cantons</a></b></td><td>141</td></tr><tr valign=top><td><b><a href="Commune in France">Communes</a></b></td><td>1,812</td></tr><tr valign=top><td><b><a href="Département">Départements</a></b></td><td><a href="Calvados">Calvados</a><br><a href="Manche">Manche</a><br><a href="Orne">Orne</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><small><sup>1</sup> French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the <a href="Estuary">estuaries</a> of rivers<br><sup>2</sup> This is the flag of <a href="Normandy">Normandy</a>, which is also used by the <a href="Haute-Normandie">Upper Normandy</a> <i>région</i>.</small></td></tr></table><p></right><p>[image]  <b>Basse-Normandie</b> (<i>Lower Normandy</i>) is a <a href="Région in France">region of France</a>. It was created in 1956, when the <a href="Normandy">Normandy</a> region was divided into Basse-Normandie and <a href="Haute-Normandie">Haute-Normandie</a>. The region includes three <i>départements</i>, <a href="Calvados">Calvados</a>, <a href="Manche">Manche</a> and <a href="Orne">Orne</a>. It covers 10,857 square miles, 3.2  percent of the surface area of France (Northcutt, 1996, p. 181).<p>The region's economy is heavily agricultural, with livestock and dairy farming, textiles and fruit production among its major industries. <a href="Iron ore">Iron ore</a> is mined near Caen. <a href="Tourism">Tourism</a> is also a major industry. The region has direct ferry links to <a href="England">England</a> (via the port of <a href="Cherbourg-Octeville">Cherbourg</a>) and the beaches of Calvados were the site of the <a href="D-Day">D-Day</a> landings in June <a href="1944">1944</a>. Basse-Normandie suffered badly during <a href="World War II">World War II</a>, with many of the region's towns and villages being destroyed during the <a href="Battle of Normandy">Battle of Normandy</a>.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">History</h2>The History of Basse-Normandy 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. The region includes three départements, Calvados, Manche and Orne. The main thrust of <a href="Battle of Normandy">Operation Overlord</a> was concentrated on Basse Normandie.<p>Regions relating to Basse-Normandie: <a href="Gallia Lugdunensis">Gallia Lugdunensis</a>, <a href="Neustria">Neustria</a>, <a href="Normandy">Normandy</a>.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">References</h2><ul> <li>Northcutt, Wayne; <i>The Regions of France, A Reference Guide to History and Culture</i>; 1996; Greenwood Press; ISBN 031329223X </ul><p> <center><p><table style="margin: 0 2em 0 2em;"><tr><th align=center width=100% style=" background:#ccccff"><a href="Région in France">Régions of France</a> </th><th>[image]</th></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 90%;"><a href="Alsace">Alsace</a> | <a href="Aquitaine">Aquitaine</a> | <a href="Auvergne (région)">Auvergne</a> | <a href="Bourgogne">Bourgogne</a> | <a href="Bretagne">Bretagne</a> | <a href="Centre (France)">Centre</a> | <a href="Champagne-Ardenne">Champagne-Ardenne</a> | <a href="Corsica">Corsica</a> | <a href="Franche-Comté">Franche-Comté</a> | <a href="Île-de-France (région)">Île-de-France</a> | <a href="Languedoc-Roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon</a> | <a href="Limousin (région)">Limousin</a> | <a href="Lorraine (région)">Lorraine</a> | <a href="Midi-Pyrénées">Midi-Pyrénées</a> | <a href="Nord-Pas-de-Calais">Nord-Pas de Calais</a> | Basse-Normandie | <a href="Haute-Normandie">Haute-Normandie</a> | <a href="Pays-de-la-Loire">Pays-de-la-Loire</a> | <a href="Picardie">Picardie</a> | <a href="Poitou-Charentes">Poitou-Charentes</a> | <a href="Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur">Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur</a> | <a href="Rhône-Alpes">Rhône-Alpes</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 80%;"><b><a href="Région d'outre-mer">Overseas Régions</a></b></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2 style="font-size: 80%;"><a href="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> | <a href="French Guiana">Guyane</a> | <a href="Martinique">Martinique</a> | <a href="Réunion">Réunion</a></td></tr></table><p></center>