 Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie), France
Cliffs off the town of Etretat in Upper Normandy
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Upper Normandy is a region on the northern part of France. It was created in 1984, dividing Normandy into Upper and Lower Normandy, an act that continues to provoke calls for reunification. As it is, Upper Normandy, which covers 12,317 sq km (4,755.6 sq mi), comprises the départments of Seine-Maritime and Eure. It has a population of 1.9 million people. The city observes the Central European Time (UTC+1) and in summer the Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
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Château de Ménilles, Upper Normandy
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The capital and biggest city in Upper Normandy is Rouen, a beautiful city with many fine churches, including a cathedral with the tallest spire in the country. Upper Normandy is a well developed region with an economy based on agriculture, petrochemical industries and tourism.
The Normandy area has seen human habitation going back to prehistoric times. Various Gaul tribes such as the Belgae and Celts, invaded the area between the 4th and 3rd century BC. Then came the Romans, who controlled Normandy until AD 406, when the Romans pulled out after repeated assault by Germanic tribes.
Moulin de Hauville windmill, Upper Normandy
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Although the region of Upper Normandy came about only in 1986, the term has existed even before 1956 to denote the area that includes the Pays de Caux, the Pays de Bray (but not Picardy), the Roumois the Campagne of Le Neubourg, the Plaine de Saint André, and the Norman Vexin.
Visiting Upper Normandy
Take a train from the Gare St-Lazare railway station in Paris to Rouen. The journey takes an hour and 15 minutes and costs €20. If you're driving from Paris, the fastest route is the A13 expressway. It will take you about an hour and a half to reach Rouen.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Upper Normandy
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Major cities or communes in Upper Normandy
- Rouen - capital
- Dieppe
- Etretat
- Évreux
- Fécamp
- Jumièges
- Le Grand-Quevilly
- Le Havre
- Le Petit-Quevilly
- Les Andelys
- Mont-Saint-Aignan
- Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
- Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Members of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
- Le Bec-Hellouin
- Lyons-la-Forêt
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