Basse-Normandie

Région Basse-Normandie
Details
Information
Capital:	Caen
Population - Total - Density	1 422 193 (1999) 81 /km²
Area	17 589 km²
Arrondissements	11
Cantons	141
Communes	1 812
President of the regional council	Philippe Duron
Départements
Calvados (14) Manche (50) Orne (61)
Localisation

Basse-Normandie is a region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie.

Regions of France
Alsace \| Aquitaine \| Auvergne \| Lower Normandy \| Burgundy \| Brittany \| Centre \| Champagne-Ardenne \| Corsica \| Franche-Comté \| Upper Normandy \| Île-de-France \| Languedoc-Roussillon \| Limousin \| Lorraine \| Midi-Pyrénées \| Nord-Pas-de-Calais \| Loire Region \| Picardy \| Poitou-Charentes \| Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur \| Rhône-Alpes
Overseas Departments
Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| French Guiana \| Réunion

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