normandie (region in frankreich)

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Normandy
Historical region and former province of Northwest France on the English Channell, divided into the regions Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie. Its beaches were the site of Allied landings on D-Day (June 6, 1944)
a part of northwest France, on the English Channel, that includes the ports of Cherbourg and Le Havre, where boats carrying passengers from England arrive. French Normandie Historic and cultural region, northwestern France. The capital was Rouen. Inhabited since Paleolithic times, its Celtic population was conquered by the Romans 56 BC, when it became part of the province of Lugdunensis. Invaded by Vikings in the mid-9th century, it was ceded to their chief, Rollo, in 911 by Charles III (the Simple) of France. The Vikings became known as Normans, hence the region's name.William, duke of Normandy, made the Norman Conquest (1066), uniting Normandy to England and becoming William I (William the Conqueror) of England. Normandy became a province of France in 1450 and was divided into several departments after the French Revolution. It was the site of the World War II Allied invasion of German-occupied France in 1944 (see Normandy Campaign)
{i} region in northern France
Former region of France, divided into the regions Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
normandie (region in frankreich)
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