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  2. Gisors - Wikipedia

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    Gisors (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the French department of Eure, Normandy, France.It is located 62.9 km (39.1 mi) northwest from the centre of Paris.. Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018). [3]

  3. Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Normandy (French: Normandie; Norman: Normaundie or Nouormandie) [note 2] is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands).

  4. Avranches - Wikipedia

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    Avranches (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Norman: Avraunches) is a commune in the Manche department, and the region of Normandy, northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. [3] The inhabitants are called Avranchinais. [4]

  5. Carentan - Wikipedia

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    Carentan is close to the sites of the medieval Battle of Formigny of the Hundred Years' War.The town is also likely the site of the historical references to the ancient Gallic port of Crociatonum [3] (documented by Roman sources), a possession of the Unelli (or Veneli or also Venelli) tribe (Greek: Οὐένελοι) situated on the river Douve slightly inland from the beaches at Normandy.

  6. Calvados (department) - Wikipedia

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    Calvados (UK: / ˈ k æ l v ə d ɒ s /, US: /-d oʊ s, ˌ k æ l v ə ˈ d oʊ s, ˌ k ɑː l v ə ˈ-/, French: ⓘ) [needs Norman IPA] is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. [3] It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the Normandy coast. In 2019, it had a population of 694,905. [4]

  7. Saint-Rémy, Calvados - Wikipedia

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    The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. [4]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Pont de la Moussé, Nid de Chien, La Gennière, La Piventière, La Moussé, La Muloisière, L'Église, La Vallée and Saint-Rémy.

  8. Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer - Wikipedia

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    Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ syʁ mɛʁ] ⓘ, literally Saint-Laurent on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The town is located not far from Omaha Beach , where, in World War II , Allied forces landed during D-Day .

  9. Lower Normandy - Wikipedia

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    The region included three departments, Calvados, Manche and Orne, that cover the part of Normandy traditionally termed "Lower Normandy" lying west of the river Dives, the Pays d'Auge (except a small part remaining in Upper Normandy), a small part of the Pays d'Ouche (the main part remaining in Upper Normandy), the Norman Perche, and part of the "French" Perche.