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Calvados
Calvados | |
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Number | 14 |
Region | Basse-Normandie |
Prefecture | Caen |
Subprefectures |
Bayeux Lisieux Vire |
Population |
Ranked 31st
117 /km² |
Area | 5,548 km² |
Arrondissements | 4 |
Cantons | 49 |
Communes | 705 |
President of the general council |
Anne d'Ornano |
Location | |
- Alternate use, see Calvados, a French apple brandy.
The French département of Calvados forms part of the région of Basse-Normandie in Normandy.
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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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