Upper Normandy (French: Haute-Normandie, IPA: [ot nɔʁmɑ̃di] ; Norman: Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016...
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coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands)...
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administrative regions: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy; the regions were merged into one single region on 1 January 2016. Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) consisted...
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passant or, is used in both former regions of France: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. It is based on the design of arms which had been attributed...
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Le Havre (redirect from Le Harve, Upper Normandy)
close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is...
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region of France. On 1 January 2016, Lower and Upper Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. The region included three departments, Calvados...
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correspond to the present borders of Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy and the Channel Islands. Mainland Normandy was integrated into the Kingdom of France...
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of France Normandy may also refer to: Upper Normandy, a former region of France Lower Normandy, a former region of France Duchy of Normandy (ca. 912–1465)...
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List of the museums in Upper Normandy, France: Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums in Normandie. Château-musée de Dieppe Écomusée de la Basse...
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Operation Overlord (redirect from Invasion of Normandy)
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western...
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This list of castles in Normandy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the regions of Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy in northern France. Links...
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However, the combined region of Upper and Lower Normandy was simply called "Normandy" (Normandie). Permanent names were proposed by the...
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The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy...
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Normans (redirect from King of Normandy)
Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West...
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List of forests in France (section Upper Normandy)
Metropolitan France contains a total of 16,900,000 hectares (65,000 sq mi) of tree coverage, with 13,800,000 hectares (53,000 sq mi) considered to be forestry...
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January 2016 by reunification of the separate regions Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. Rouen is the regional capital, while Caen is the seat of the...
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Château du Champ de Bataille (category Historic house museums in Normandy)
is a château located in the Eure department of the French region of Upper Normandy. It's a Baroque château lying between the communes of Neubourg and...
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architecture of Normandy spans a thousand years. In Upper Normandy and in the pays d'Auge, Mortainais, Passais and Avranchin (Lower Normandy), the vernacular...
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William the Conqueror (redirect from William of Normandy)
of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066, following...
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This is a list of trolleybus systems in France by region. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present. Bold text indicates a system that is still...
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This is a list of châteaux in the French region of Normandy. Château d'Ailly in Bernières-d'Ailly Balleroy Castle in Balleroy Château de Beaumont-le-Richard...
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amusement parks in Europe sorted by region. Hirschalm, Unterweißenbach, Upper Austria (Hirschalm Fairytale Hunting Park) Märchenpark Neusiedlersee, St...
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Trinité de Fécamp), is a Benedictine abbey in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France. The abbey is known as the first producer of bénédictine, a...
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List of horse racing venues (section Upper Normandy)
eastern Bay of Plenty Thames, Coromandel Peninsula Trentham Racecourse, Upper Hutt, near Wellington Waikouaiti, north of Dunedin Waimate, south Canterbury...
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Mandeville was from Thil-Manneville, in Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandy (upper Normandy). An important Domesday tenant-in-chief, de Mandeville was one...
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received the forfeited Saint-Saens lands, which were very near his own in upper Normandy. In this way king Henry further assured his loyalty, for the successful...
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Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (category Mayors of places in Normandy)
July 2020 Preceded by Yvon Robert President of the Regional Council of Upper Normandy In office 14 October 2013 – 31 December 2015 Preceded by Alain Le Vern...
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Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu potentially gave William a powerful ally in upper Normandy. But at the Council of Reims in 1049, when the marriage of William with...
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2004 French regional elections (section Upper Normandy)
left had never before won control of Lower Normandy. The left retained its traditional hold on Upper Normandy. The right loses the normally conservative...
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fortification. In December he was appointed to a regional command in Upper Normandy, but had to defend the town of Sées from a siege. On 10 March 1433,...
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