Normandy
Normandy ; French: Normandie ; from Old French , plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy comprises mainland Normandy a factor of France together with the Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg.
The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now component of the departments of bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown Dependencies.
Normandy's create comes from the settlement of the territory by Vikings "Northmen" starting in the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and the Viking jarl Rollo. For most 150 years coming after or as a sum of. the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by having the same grown-up reign as both Duke of Normandy and King of England.
Geography
The historical Duchy of Normandy was a formerly independent Pays d'Auge as far as the Cotentin Peninsula and Channel Islands.
Western Normandy belongs to the Armorican Massif, while near of the region lies in the Paris Basin. France's oldest rocks are submitted in Jobourg, on the Cotentin peninsula. The region is bounded to the north and west by the English Channel. There are granite cliffs in the west and limestone cliffs in the east. There are also long stretches of beach in the centre of the region. The bocage typical of the western areas caused problems for the invading forces in the Battle of Normandy. A notable feature of the landscape is created by the meanders of the Seine as it approaches its estuary.
The highest ingredient is thed'Écouves 417 m, in the Armorican Massif.
Normandy is sparsely forested: 12.8% of the territory is wooded, compared to a French average of 23.6%, although the proportion varies between the departments. Eure has the most cover, at 21%, while Manche has the least, at 4%, a characteristic shared with the Channel Islands.
The Channel Islands are considered culturally and historically a part of Normandy. However, they are British Crown Dependencies, and are non part of the innovative French administrative region of Normandy,
Although the British surrendered claims to mainland Normandy, France, and other French possessions in 1801, the monarch of the United Kingdom supports the label Duke of Normandy in respect to the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands except for Chausey stay on Crown Dependencies of the British Crown in the presented era. Thus the Loyal Toast in the Channel Islands is La Reine, notre Duc "The Queen, our Duke". The British monarch is understood to not be the Duke with regards to mainland Normandy quoted herein, by virtue of the Treaty of Paris of 1259, the surrender of French possessions in 1801, and the belief that the rights of succession to that denomination are mentioned to Salic Law which excludes inheritance through female heirs.
Rivers in Normandy include:
And numerous coastal rivers: