Normandy

Set in the north of France with the English Channel, or La Manche, lapping at its shores and the murmurs of bustling Parisian life a little to the south, Normandy is not too different, and certainly not too far, from the south of England. Its patchwork countryside of fields, farmland and hedgerows leads up to what is now a coastline of attractive seaside resorts - the same coastline that witnessed the D-day landings of WWII, the same coastline that once attracted Impressionist painters, and the same coastline that for years has produced seafood of exceptional quality. Basse Normandy has the Departments of [50] Manche, [14] Calvados and [61] Orne. Haute Normandie comprises the Departments of [76] Seine Maritime & [27] Eure.