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Calvados

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Calvados
Coat of Arms of Calvados
Details
Information
Number 14
Region Basse-Normandie
Prefecture Caen
Subprefectures Bayeux
Lisieux
Vire
Population


 - Total (1999)
 - Density

Ranked 31st


648,385


117 /km²
Area 5,548 km²
Arrondissements 4
Cantons 49
Communes 705
President of the
general council
Anne d'Ornano
Location
Location of du Calvados in France
Alternate use, see Calvados, a French apple brandy.

The French département of Calvados forms part of the région of Basse-Normandie in Normandy.

Contents

Administration

History

The department takes its name from a cluster of offshore rocks, which are are geographic feature off the north coast.

D-Day landings took place on the beaches of Baie de Seine on June 6, 1944.

Geography

Calvados is bounded on the north by the Baie de Seine, on the east by the River Seine, on the south by the département of Orne, and on the west by the département of Manche. It includes the Bessin area, the Pays d'Auge, and the area known as the Suisse normande from the cragginess of its landscape.

Other towns include: Deauville and the formerly elegant 19th century casino resorts of the Channel coast.

See also: List of the communes of the Calvados département

Economy

Most of Calvados is agricultural. Products include butter, cheese, cider, and the apple-based spirit which shares its name (see Calvados (spirit)).

Demographics

Culture

The Bayeux Tapestry stems from Bayeux and makes the city one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Normandy.

Juno Beach Centre at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Calvados, commemorates the D-Day landing of the Canadian liberation forces at Juno Beach during the World War II Battle of Normandy in 1944.

The cult of Thérèse de Lisieux brings large numbers of people on pilgrimage to Lisieux.

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Last updated: 12-20-2004 09:59:04