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Lower Normandy
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former French administrative region
Lower Normandy was a former administrative region in France that existed until 2016, when it merged with Upper Normandy to form the larger Normandy region. It historically encompassed areas in northwestern France and was significant as part of the broader Normandy region, which has important cultural and historical ties to French heritage.
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- Instance of
- historical region
- Has part
- Bayeux
- Official name
- Basse-Nouormandie
- Country
- France
- Located in
- metropolitan France
- Contains
- Orne
- Capital
- Caen
- Population
- 1478712
- Area
- 17589
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Brittany
- Highest point
- Q3483587
- Official website
- www.cr-basse-normandie.fr
- Image
- Deauville 8004.JPG
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- Commons category
- Basse-Normandie
- topic's main category
- Category:Lower Normandy
- Commons gallery
- Basse-Normandie
- start time
- 1972-07-09
- end time
- 2016-01-01
- replaced by
- Normandy
- native label
- Basse-Normandie
- inception
- 1960-06-04
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
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Encyclopedic overview
Lower Normandy (French: Basse-Normandie, IPA: [bɑs nɔʁmɑ̃di, bas -] ; Norman: Basse-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Lower and Upper Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.
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