Niedernormandie

Also known as Basse-Normandie, Basse-Normaundie, Basse-Nouormandie

ehemalige französische Region

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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: Signal d’Écouves
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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Die Basse-Normandie [bɑsnɔʀmɑ̃ˈdi] (Niedernormandie) war eine Region im Norden Frankreichs, die aus den Départements Calvados, Manche und Orne bestand. Sie hatte eine Fläche von 17.589 km² und 1.469.892 Einwohner (Stand 1. Januar 2019). Hauptstadt der Region war Caen. Am 1. Januar 2016 vereinigte sich die Basse-Normandie mit der Haute-Normandie zur Region Normandie. Die vorläufige Hauptstadt der neuen Region ist Rouen.

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