Normandy (Normandie) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 square kilometers (11,825 sq mi),[3] comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3.37 million accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language.
The historical region of Normandy comprised the present-day region of Normandy, as well as small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: Îles Anglo-Normandes) are also historically part of Normandy; they cover 194 km² and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown dependencies over which the Monarch of the United Kingdom reigns as Duke of Normandy.
Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by mainly Danish and Norwegian Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles the Simple and the Viking chief Rollo the Walker. For a century and a half following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by Norman and Frankish rulers.
Normandy in "The Garden Gnome Freedom Front"
Normandy has long been a hotbed of Faerie activity.
Normandy in "The Old Grind"
While the founding of Normandy by Rollo the Walker in 911 has been well documented, very few histories acknowledge the role which Fenia the giantess played in Rollo's service.
See also
- Operation: Overlord, the World War II campaign also known as the Normandy Invasion.
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