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Location within France. The Pays de Bray (French pronunciation: [pe.i də bʁɛ], literally Land of Bray) is a small (about 750 km 2) natural region of France situated to the north-east of Rouen, straddling the French departments of the Seine-Maritime and the Oise (historically divided among the Provinces of Normandy and Picardy since 911, now divided among the administrative regions of ...
Flers on the 18th century Cassini map. Flers is bordered to the north by the communes of Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers and Aubusson, to the north-east by Ronfeugerai, to the west by La Lande-Patry and Saint-Paul, to the south-west by La Chapelle-Biche, La Chapelle-au-Moine and Messei, and to the south-east by La Selle-la-Forge.
Sainte-Adresse has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb).The average annual temperature in Sainte-Adresse is 11.8 °C (53.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 789.8 mm (31.09 in) with December as the wettest month.
Norman Switzerland (French: Suisse Normande; Norman: Suisse Nouormande) is a term for part of Normandy, France, in the border region of the departments Calvados and Orne. Its name comes from its rugged and verdant relief, apparently resembling the Swiss Alps , with gorges carved by the river Orne and its tributaries, and by erosion in the ...
The Battle of Chambois was the scene of some of the bitterest fighting during the Normandy campaign.In August 1944, the Falaise pocket (or Falaise gap) was closed when Canadian, Polish (1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna)) and US (90th Infantry Division formations sealed off the gap on 19/20 August 1944.
Tilly-sur-Seulles (French pronunciation: [tiji syʁ sœl] ⓘ, literally Tilly on Seulles) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population [ edit ]
Banville is located in the Bessin area some 3 km south-west of Courseulles-sur-Mer and 5 km east of Crépon.Access to the commune is by the D12 road from Graye-sur-Mer in the north which passes through the village and continues south-west to Tierceville.
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sovœʁ lə vikɔ̃t]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. [3] It is situated in the Cotentin Peninsula near Valognes. Its population was 2,099 in 2018.