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Upper Normandy

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Also known as Haute-Normandie, Haute Normandie

former administrative region of France

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Upper Normandy was a former administrative region in northern France that existed until 2016, when it was merged with Lower Normandy to create the larger Normandy region. It was historically significant as part of the Normandy area, which has played an important role in French history and culture.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Haute-Normandie
Country
France
Located in
France
Contains
Eure
Capital
Rouen
Population
1849652
Area
12317
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Lower Normandy
Image
Rouen France-Conseil-Régional-de-Haute-Normandie-01.jpg
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native label
Haute-Normandie
Commons category
Haute-Normandie
topic's main category
Category:Upper Normandy
Commons gallery
Haute-Normandie
start time
1972-07-09
end time
2016-01-01
replaced by
Normandy
inception
1960-06-04
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2015-12-31
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Encyclopedic overview

Upper Normandy (French: Haute-Normandie, IPA: [ot nɔʁmɑ̃di] ; Norman: Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upper Normandy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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