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Rouen (UK: / ˈ r uː ɒ̃, ˈ r uː ɒ n /, US: / r uː ˈ ɒ̃, r uː ˈ ɒ n /; [3] [4] French: ⓘ or) [needs Norman IPA] is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France.It is in the prefecture of region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime.
The current Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Caen is built onto the South Transept of the building. [27] Église de la Ste.-Trinité, formerly the Abbaye aux Dames (Women's Abbey). It was completed in 1060 and is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The current seat of the regional council (conseil régional) of Basse-Normandie is nearby.
It is the largest city of the Manche department, and second of Lower Normandy (after Caen), surpassing Alençon, which had been second before the amalgamation. Cherbourg concentrated 7.7% of the departmental population, twice as much as the prefecture, Saint-Lô , while the agglomeration represents 17% and the urban area 23.5%.
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.
Bayeux (UK: / b aɪ ˈ j ɜː, b eɪ-/, US: / ˈ b eɪ j uː, ˈ b aɪ-/ B(A)Y-yoo; French: ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Saint-Lô (US: / s æ̃ ˈ l oʊ, s eɪ n t-, s ən t-/, [3] [4] [5] French: [sɛ̃ lo] ⓘ; Breton: Sant Lo) is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy. [6] Although it is the second largest city of Manche after Cherbourg, it remains the prefecture of the department.
On the opposite end of the hall are the tombs of Claude Groulard, the first President of the Parliament of Normandy, and Barbe Guiffard, his wife, from the castle of Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf, near Dieppe. To the east of the building, across from Procureurs' Hall on Rue Saint-Lo, a new classical-style wing was constructed in 1700 by Jacques II ...
' Cherbourg in Cotentin '; Norman: Tchidbouo) is a port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. [3] The commune takes its name from Cherbourg, the main town of the commune, and from the Cotentin Peninsula. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel.