Lower Normandy
former French administrative region
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Summary
Lower Normandy is a region of France[1]. It draws 773 Wikipedia views per month (region of france category, ranking #23 of 27).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: France[3], metropolitan France[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Instance of: historical region[6]
- Capital: Caen[7]
- Shares border with: Upper Normandy[8], Centre-Val de Loire[9], Pays de la Loire[10], Brittany[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Calvados[12], Manche[13], Orne[14]
- Executive body: Regional Council of Basse-Normandie[15]
- Commons category: Basse-Normandie[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17], UTC+02:00[18]
- Has part(s): Bayeux[19]
- Inception: June 4, 1960[20]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 31, 2015[21]
- Start time: July 9, 1972[22]
- End time: January 1, 2016[23]
- Highest point: Signal d’Écouves[24]
- Official website: http://www.cr-basse-normandie.fr[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lower Normandy[26]
- Commons gallery: Basse-Normandie[27]
- Population: 1,478,712[28]
- Replaced by: Normandy[29]
- Official name: Basse-Normandie[30], Basse-Normaundie[31], Basse-Nouormandie[32]
- Native label: Basse-Normandie[33]
- Area: 17,589 km²[34]
- Geography of topic: geography of Lower Normandy[35]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Basse-Normandie[36]
Why It Matters
Lower Normandy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]