| Normandy | |
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| Country |  France |
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| Region | North West of France |
| Regional capital | Rouen |
| Area | 30 100 km² |
| Population | 3 568 476 hab. (2012) |
| Density | 118,55 inhab./km² |
| Location | |
 49 ° 11 ′ 11 ″ N 0 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ W | |
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The Normandy is a region of North West of France.
Understand
Administratively, Normandy has long corresponded to two regions: Lower Normandy and the Upper Normandy. Even if the two administrations have a common culture, the administrative separation has nonetheless led to a redeployment of centers of interest. However, as part of the 2014 territorial reform, the two regions are merged.
Regions
 49 ° 11 ′ 6 ″ N 0 ° 21 ′ 9 ″ W Normandy regions map |
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Lower Normandy - Lower Normandy corresponds to the western part of Normandy. |  |
Upper Normandy - Haute-Normandie corresponds to the eastern part of Normandy. |  |
Cities
Rouen from the panorama of the Sainte-Catherine coast.
Reconstructed city center from Haven
The old basin ofHonfleur
- 1 Rouen – Administrative capital, on the banks of the Seine, the city of a hundred spiers, "Land of Art and History": Rouen Métropole. Notre-Dame Cathedral, Historial Jeanne-d'Arc, Saint-Maclou church, Saint-Maclou aître, National Museum of Education, Saint-Ouen abbey, Place du Vieux-Marché, Bourgtheroulde hotel, Museum of Fine Arts of the Metropolis, Saint-Godard church, Le Secq des Tournelles museum, departmental museum of Antiquities, natural history museum, ceramics museum, Parliament of Normandy-courthouse, Gros-Horloge, old streets, Jardin des Plantes
Lower Normandy
- 2 Caen – Technological, administrative and tourist capital. "City of Art and History". Castle with Museum of Fine Arts and Museum of Normandy, Hotel d'Escoville, Saint-Pierre church, Abbaye-aux-Hommes with Saint-Etienne church, convent buildings and ducal palace, Abbaye-aux-Dames with Church of the Trinity and abbey buildings, Caen Memorial, City of History for Peace. Near the forest and animal park of Grimbosq, Festyland in Bretteville-sur-Odon.
- 3 Evreux – Religious and administrative capital. Notre-Dame Cathedral, museum
- 4 Alencon – old town, Museum of Fine Arts and Lace, birthplace of Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux, Notre-Dame basilica. Near Perseigne forest, Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei, Saint-Léonard-des-Bois, valley of Misère.
- 5 Bayeux – Medieval and episcopal city. Museum of the Bayeux Tapestry-Center Guillaume-le-Conquérant, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Baron-Gérard Museum of Art and History (MAHB), Memorial museum of the Battle of Normandy. Near Balleroy castle, Castillon gardens, Marcy mill-museum of Meunerie, Mine museum in Molay-Littry, former priory of Saint-Gabriel, gardens of Brécy castle.
- 6 Granville (Monaco of the North) – Tower of the ramparts, Roc des Harmonies-Aquarium and museum, Art and History museum, Christian-Dior museum, church, port, beach. Nearby Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Lucerne abbey, Carolles beach, Pignon Butor, Painters valley, Vauban hut, Champeaux cliffs.
- 7 Honfleur – small fishing port around its Vieux Bassin, historic village. Sainte-Catherine church and bell tower, Eugène-Boudin museum, Satie houses, Naturospace. Nearby Pont de Normandie and Côte de Grâce: panorama of the Calvary, chapel, viewpoint of Mont-Joli.
- 8 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin – Maritime city: largest artificial harbor in the world, marina, military port, commercial port and fishing port. Cité de la Mer, parks, Thomas-Henry Art Museum. Near the Ravalet castle park in Tourlaville, Martinvast castle park, La Hague Ludiver-Observatory-Planetarium, Nacqueville castle park.
Upper Normandy
- 9 Le Havre –
Modern city facing the sea. "City of Art and History" City center rebuilt by Auguste Perret. Model apartment Auguste-Perret, Place de l'Hotel-de-Ville, avenue Foch, North dike, beach and marina, Saint-Joseph church, Malraux museum (MuMa), Maison de l'Armateur, port. - 10 Fecamp – "City of Art and History". Fisheries Museum, city of Terre-Neuvas, Benedictine Palace, Abbey of the Trinity,
Other destinations
The Mont Saint Michel
Claude Monet's garden in Giverny
- 1 The Normandy Bocage – The hilly Normandy countryside, Gorges de la Vire, green tourism.
- 2 Regional natural park of the loops of the Norman Seine – Forest and Brotonne Bridge, Tancarville Bridge, Etelan Castle, Vernier Marsh, Pont-Audemer, Lillebonne, Vieux-Port…
- 3 Shore to landing (largely in the Calvados and the Handle (Utah Beach)) – There are 5: Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach, Sword Beach. Circuits, military cemeteries: Colleville-sur-Mer, La Cambe, ..., and museums: Pointe du Hoc, Colleville-sur-Mer, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, .... Château de Bénouville, Pegasus Memorial and Pegasus bridge, Port-en-Bessin. Lion-sur-Mer seaside resorts, Luc-sur-Mer, Langrune-sur-Mer, Saint-Aubin sur-Mer, Bernières-sur-Mer, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Ver-sur-Mer, Asnelles, Ouistreham-Riva-Bella.
- 4 Pays d'Auge (mainly in the Calvados and theOrne) – By its bucolic aspect and the fame of its products, this hinterland remains one of the best symbols of Normandy. "Land of Art and History". "Côte d'Auge": Clermont-en-Auge, Beuvron-en-Auge, Crévecoeur-en-Auge and its castle, gardens of the Pays d'Auge, Touques Valley: Canapville, Beaumont-en-Auge, Le Breuil -en-Auge and its castle, Boulard de Coquainvilliers distillery, Ouilly-le-Vicomte, its church and its park of the castle of Boutemont, Fervaques and its castle, Livarot, manor of Coupesarte, castle-museum of Saint-Germain-de- Livet.
- 5 Normandy Bray country (riding on the Seine-Maritime and theOise) – Forges-les-Eaux: museums, thermal park, Ferme de Bray, Neufchâtel-en-Bray: church, museum, Forest of Eawy, Gardens of Bellevue, Agapanthe and Mesnil.
- 6 Swiss Normandy (in the Calvados and theOrne) – Clécy: miniature railway, park rocks, sugar loaf, belvedere circuit. Route des crêtes, Croix de la Faverie, Pontécoulant castle, Condé-sur-Noireau, Saint-Rémy-sur-Orne, Ségrie-Fontaine, Oëtre rock.
Handle
- 7 The Mont Saint Michel – Bourg: Grande-Rue, ramparts, museums. Abbey: church, Merveille, cloister, refectory, guest room, room of the Knights, gardens. Near the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel: Bec d'Andaine, Genêts, Beauvoir.
- 8 Chausey Islands – Granville district in 17 km off the coast. Lighthouse and fort, old fort, beaches.
- Former abbey of Cerisy-la-Forêt – Masterpiece of Norman Romanesque art. Abbey church, convent buildings, forest.
- Carentan – "Capital of the marshes". Church, port. Regional Natural Park of the Cotentin and Bessin Marshes: Les Ponts d'Ouve-Maison du Parc, Marchésieux.
- Sainte-Mère-Église – Church, Airborne museum, Cotentin farm museum.
- Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte – Green station. Castle, church, Barbey-d'Aurevilly museum, abbey with abbey church and park.
- Valognes – "Norman Versailles". Hôtel de Beaumont, Roman thermal baths, regional museum of Cider and Calvados. Pays du Clos du Cotentin: "Land of Art and History".
- Bricquebec – Castle, museum, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce abbey (Bricquebec trap). Nearby Saint-Martin animal park.
- Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue – Seaside resort. Lighthouse, strong. Nearby Île de Tatihou: departmental maritime museum, fort Vauban, maritime garden.
- Barfleur – Seaside resort, fishing port. Saint-Nicolas church, Bretonne chapel. Nearby Gatteville-le-Phare, Cap Lévi: semaphore, lighthouse, Port-Lévi, Fort du Cap Lévi, belvedere.
- Pointe de la Hague – Some of the highest cliffs in Europe, small sandy beaches and charming ports linked by the Customs path. West coast: Flamanville, Biville, Vauville and its botanical garden, North coast and bay of Ecalgrain: Gréville-Hague and the birthplace of Jean-François Millet, the rock of Castel-Vendon, Omonville-la-Rogue and the manor of Tourp, Omonville-la-Petite and the Maison de Jacques-Prévert, Port-Racine, Auderville and the garden in homage to Jacques-Prévert, Goury, the bay of Ecalgrain, the nose of Jobourg.
- Barneville-Carteret – Seaside resort, embarkation port for the Channel Islands. Carteret: rocky cape, ports, beaches, tourist train, tour of the cape, Barneville-Bourg: church, Barneville-Plage. Nearby Portbail, Mont Castre.
- Lessay – Abbey of the Holy Trinity. Near Pirou castle, Pirou-Plage.
- Coutances – Jardin des Plantes, museum, church, cathedral. Near Savigny church, Hauteville-la-Guichard museum, Gratot castle, Agon-Coutainville, Régnéville-sur-Mer museum, Saussey manor. Pays de Coutances, "Land of Art and History".
- Saint-Lo – Millennial city. Belvedere, church, Fine Arts museum, National horse riding center, Norman Bocage museum. Nearby Torigni-sur-Vire, Roches de Ham.
- Pontorson – Church. Near Saint-James, American cemetery and memorial of Brittany.
- Avranches – Jardin des Plantes, Scriptorial, Museum of Art and History, Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais basilica. Nearby Ducey, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.
- Villedieu-les-Poêles – City of crafts. Church, Copper workshop, Poeslerie-Maison de la lacemaker museum, Cornille-Havard bells foundry, Norman furniture museum. Near Hambye abbey, Champrépus zoo.
- Mortain (new town of Mortain-Bocage) – In Armorican Normandy. Small Waterfall, Large Waterfall, White Abbey, Saint-Evroult Collegiate Church, Small Chapel. Nearby Barenton, Ger, Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie, Sée valley.
Calvados
- 9 Fired – Capital of the Norman Bocage, reconstructed town, church, keep, door, Guy Degrenne production site, museum. Nearby Aunay-sur-Odon, Villers-Bocage, Caumont -l'Eventé, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, Jurques zoo, Souleuvre viaduct, Saint-Sever forest.
- Trouville-sur-Mer – Large seaside resort. Promenade Savignac - "Les Planches", villas, corniche
- Deauville – Famous beach. Villas, "Les Planches", panorama of Mount Canisy.
- Côte Fleurie – Seaside resorts of Villers-sur-Mer, Vaches Noires cliff, Houlgate, Dives-sur-Mer, Cabourg, Merville-Franceville-Plage.
- Pont-l'Évêque – Renowned for its cheese, its narrow streets lined with half-timbered houses, its pretty gardens, its Museum of Ancient Crafts and the Père Magloire distillery.
- Lisieux – Martyred city and miracle city, capital of the Pays d'Auge. Saint-Pierre Cathedral, Sainte-Thérèse Basilica, Museum of Art and History. Cerza nearby.
- Arromanches-les-Bains – Seaside resort. Artificial harbor, museum.
- Chateau de Fontaine-Henry (in Fontaine-Henry, Calvados) – A sort of Loire castle in Normandy. Near the old church of Thaon.
- Vendeuvre Castle – Miniature Furniture Museum, castle, surprise water garden and private garden, exotic garden.
- Gardens of Canon Castle (in Mézidon-Canon, Calvados) – Castle, park and gardens.
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives – Partly preserved Benedictine abbey: church, chapter house, cloister. Conservatory garden of flowers and vegetables from the Pays d'Auge, market halls.
- Cliff – Church of the Trinity, William the Conqueror Castle, Automates Avenue, museum. Nearby Versainville, Villers-Canivet abbey, Devil's Breach.
Seine-Maritime
- 10 Etretat – Cliffs of Aval and d'Amont. Clos Arsène-Lupine.
- Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville Abbey (in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville) – Former abbey: abbey church and abbey estate
- Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville – Contemporary Art Center-Matmut for the Arts.
- Rouen cornice (hills overlooking Rouen) – Panoramas of the Côte Sainte-Catherine and Bonsecours.
- Clères – Animal and botanical park
- Elbeuf – Knowledge factory, Orival rocks nearby.
- Jumièges Abbey (in Jumièges) – One of the most admirable ruins in France.
- Caudebec-en-Caux – Notre-Dame Church, MuséoSeine, Victor-Hugo de Villequier museum nearby.
- Saint-Wandrille-Rançon – Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle Abbey: door, ruins of the abbey, cloister, church.
- Pays de Caux – Imposing seafront, splendid white chalk cliffs, lively seaside resorts, inland areas with architectural heritage. Alabaster Coast: "Terre de lin" in Saint-Pierre-le-Viger, Veules-les-Roses, Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, its beach and its cliffs, Jardin d'Art et d'Essais, Valmont and its abbey, Les Petites Dalles, Cauchois Plateau: Yvetot, its Saint-Pierre church and its ivory museum.
- Varengeville-sur-Mer – Floral park in Bois des Moutiers, Vasterival garden, Shamrock garden, Ango manor.
- Dieppe – Beach closest to Paris. "City of Art and History". Saint-Jacques church, castle-museum, Estran-Cité de la mer, ports. Nearby Miromesnil castle, feudal ruin of Arques-la-Bataille castle, Saint-Nicolas-D'aliermont Clock Museum.
- Had – City of the Bresle valley. Louis-Philippe castle-museum, park, Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Laurent collegiate church, college chapel, museum of glass traditions, forest of Eu.
- Le Tréport – Small fishing port turned seaside resort. Calvaire des Terrasses, church, Cordiers district, quays, Bresle valley.
- Martainville-Épreville – Departmental castle-museum of Norman Traditions and Arts. Nearby Sculptures Garden in Bois-Guilbert
- 11 Petit-Caux – Tourist place. This new municipality presents the merger of eighteen municipalities.
Eure
- 11 Les Andelys – Château-Gaillard. Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame.
- 12 Giverny – Claude Monet's house, Impressionist museum.
- 13 Côte des Deux-Amants (in Romilly-sur-Andelle) – Panorama of the Deux-Amants, bodies of water.
- 14 Amfreville-sous-les-Monts – Locks.
- 15 Fontaine-Guérard Abbey (in Radepont) – Remains.
- 16 Gisors – Capital of Norman Vexin. Fortified castle, Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais church.
- 17 Vernon – Banks of the Seine, Notre-Dame Church, Côte Saint-Michel. Near the Château de Bizy, signal des Coutures.
- 18 Lyons-la-Foret – One of the most beautiful villages in France. Church, convent, old houses. Close to the Ecouis collegiate church, Mortemer abbey, Fleury-la-Forêt castle, Vascoeuil castle - Center for Art and History.
- 19 Conches-en-Ouche – garden of the town hall, Sainte-Foy church, Norman Terroir museum, Glass museum.
- 20 Bernay – "City of Art and History". Boulevard des Monts, Museum of Fine Arts, Notre-Dame abbey church, streets lined with old houses, basilica. Nearby Château de Beaumesnil, Broglie.
- 21 Brionne – Keep, church, museum, garden.
- 22 Lieuvin (natural region) – Cormeilles: Busnel distillery. Many churches. Eure cycle route.
- 23 Le Bec-Hellouin – One of the most beautiful villages in France. Abbey with tower, old and new abbey, cloister and abbey house.
- 24 The Neubourg – Museum of the Ecorche of Anatomy. Close to the Château and Parc du Champ-de-Bataille and the Château-Arboretum of Harcourt
- 25 Verneuil d'Avre and d'Iton – Church of the Madeleine, old houses, churches, "Center Parc Les Bois-Francs". Nearby "Volerie du Bois-des-Aigles".
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Orne
- 26 The Eagle – Church, castle-museum, museums. Nearby Manufacture Bohin in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle.
- 27 Dawn – Museums.
- 28 Mortagne-au-Perche – Former capital of the county of Perche and capital of black pudding. Garden, museums, church, medieval streets. Near the forest of Réno-Valdieu, manors, national forests of Perche and La Trappe, Tourouvre and its "Muséales", abbey of La Trappe.
- 29 Bellême – Percheron village, green resort. Walled city, church. Near Bellême forest, beautiful village of La Perrière, priory of Sainte-Gauburge with church and ecomuseum of Perche, manor of Courboyer, house of the regional natural park of Perche, thematic routes.
- 30 Vimoutiers – Country of Camembert, in Orne. Camembert Museum. Nearby Maison du Camembert in Camembert, Saint-Michel de Crouttes priory.
- 31 Flers – Castle-museum. Nearby Tinchebray, Mont de Cerisy.
- 32 Argentan – Saint-Gervais church, abbey, lace house. Near Serans castle, Montormel memorial, Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard, Médavy castle, Sassy castle.
- 33 Haras national du Pin – "Versailles of the horse". Nearby Saint-Germain-de-Clairefeuille, Gacé.
- 34 Sées – Cathedral, departmental museum of religious art, church, basilica. Near Ecouves forest, Vignage rocks.
- 35 Carrouges – Castle, home of the Normandie-Maine regional natural park.
- 36 Domfront in Poiraie – Historical and gastronomic city. Old town: streets, museum, church, Outside the walls: public garden of the keep, Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau church. Nearby Dompierre, Lonlay-l'Abbaye, manoir de la Saucerie.
- 37 Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandy – Thermal station. Park and thermal baths, departmental museum of the Orne firefighters, walk to the roc au Chien. Nearby La Ferté-Macé, Rânes, Villiers gorges, Andaines forest, Cour valley, Juvigny-Sous-Andaine.
To go
By car
Normandy is crossed by several highways:
- coming from the west, the highway A13 connects Caen to Paris passing through Rouen;
- coming from the north, the highway A28 connects Abbeville to Tours via Rouen and Alençon;
- Highway A29 connects Le Havre to Saint-Quentin;
- coming from the south, the highway A84, which is free, connects Rennes to Caen;
- Highway A88 connects Caen to Sées;
- Highway A131 connects Le Havre to the motorway A13 ;
- Highway A132 connects Deauville-Trouville-sur-Mer to the motorway A13 at Pont-l'Évêque;
- the A139 motorway links Rouen to the A13 motorway;
- Highway A150 connects Le Havre to the motorway A13 ;
- the A151 motorway links Rouen to the A29 motorway;
- the A154 / N154 motorway connects Chartres to Rouen via Évreux;
The motorway network is accompanied by national and departmental roads serving other destinations: *
- national road 12 connects Paris to Mayenne, passing through Nonancourt, Verneuil-sur-Avre, Mortagne-au-Perche and Alençon;
- national road 13 connects Paris to Cherbourg-Octeville via Évreux, Lisieux, Caen, Bayeux, Carentan and Valognes;
- the national road 31 connects Beauvais to Rouen via Gournay-en-Bray;
- the departmental road D14-D6014 connects Pontoise to Rouen via Fleury-sur-Andelle;
- the D338 departmental road links Le Mans to Alençon;
- the departmental road 915 "Route de la Mer" connects Pontoise to Dieppe via Gisors, Gournay-sur-Marne, Forges-les-Eaux;
By train
Trains connect Paris to Cherbourg with stops at Évreux, Bernay, Lisieux, Caen, Carentan and Valognes. Le Havre and Rouen are also accessible from Paris. As well as Granville, Trouville-Deauville, Le Tréport by Beauvais.TGV Marseille-Le Havre. TER connect Rouen to Amiens and Lille; Cherbourg to Rennes; Caen in Saint-Lô, Coutances and Rennes; Caen to Alençon, Le Mans and Tours.
By plane
The main airports are around Rouen, Caen, Deauville. Others near Le Havre and near Cherbourg.
On a boat
Maritime links exist to the Britain: Dover, Poole, Portsmouth, Newhaven, or nearEire: Rosslare, from Dieppe, Le Havre, Ouistreham and Cherbourg.
By bike
The Green Avenue.
Many cycle routes from England and the neighboring regions of Picardy, Ile-de-France, Center, Pays de la Loire and Brittany.
Circulate
It would be better to have a car to drive around Normandy. Carpooling is also growing.
However, large cities (and some medium-sized ones) have quality urban transport; on the other hand, connections between some cities are not easy.The roads and motorways are numerous and of good quality.The N 158 / D958 connects Caen to the A28 after Sées, the N174, the N27 Rouen to Dieppe, the N15 Rouen to Yvetot and Le Havre, the N12 Verneuil-sur-Avre to L'Aigle, Alençon and Domfront, the D438 from Alençon to the A13, the D613 Evreux to Caen, the D925 from Aumale to Yerville, the D926 from Verneuil-sur-Avre to Argentan, the D6015 Le Havre to Yvetot then A151.
The rail axes are almost all oriented east-west, you can go by train from Rouen to Yvetot and Le Havre, from Rouen to Vernon, from Rouen to Dieppe, from Evreux to Lisieux, Trouville-Deauville, from Caen in Cherbourg, from Caen to Saint-Lô, Coutances, from Caen to Argentan, from Caen to Alençon, from Caen to Lisieux and Rouen, from Cherbourg to Coutances, from Cherbourg to Evreux, from Cherbourg to Saint-Lô, in summer from Trouville -Deauville in Dives-sur-Mer and Cabourg. Some tourist trains.
You can also travel in Normandy by bus. The urban buses, metro and tramway Alto in Alençon, Lia in Le Havre, Tcar in Rouen, Twisto in Caen, Zéphirbus in Cherbourg. Calvados has the Green Bus lines Kéolis Calvados, with taxibus , Orne de Cap'Orne, Manche de Manéo, with local shuttles, Seine-Maritime and Eure de Véolia Normandie Trans Urbain, with taxibus.
You can rent bikes in Rouen and Caen.
There are many greenways and cycle routes.
Do
To buy
Normandy has a regional collective brand "Bienvenue en Gourmandie" to promote its local products and gastronomy.
You can buy souvenirs such as Norman craft beers, Norman craft ciders and perries, Norman pommels, Calvados, "Bénédictine" liqueur, sweets, sweets, honey, oils, jams and craft jellies. , artisanal preserves, basketry, lace, artisan jewelry, earthenware, porcelain, pottery, blown glass from the Bresle valley, brass from Villedieu-les-Poêles, linen linens and linen clothes from the Pays de Caux, sailor knits from Saint-James and Val de Saire, real umbrellas from Cherbourg.
Eat
You can choose all kinds of chain or independent catering: take-out, fast, themed, bistro, classic, gourmet and upscale. We recommend the "Country cafes or bistrots", "Accueil paysan", "Bienvenue" networks. at the farm "," Logis ", to appreciate the prices and the regional Norman specialties.
