Normandía

"Normandía (en francés Normandie, en normando Normaundie) es una antigua provincia del noroeste de Francia. De 1982 a 2015 corresponde a dos regiones administrativas francesas: la Alta Normandía (Haute-Normandie) y la Baja Normandía (Basse-Normandie). Ahora, los dos son reunidas de nuevo y constituyen la región Normandía, compuesta por los departamentos de Calvados, Eure, Mancha, Orne y Sena Marítimo, cuya capital es Ruan. El antiguo Ducado de Normandía ocupaba el área baja del río Sena, el Pays de Caux al norte y la región situada al oeste del curso inferior del Sena, a través de Pays d'Auge hasta la península de Cotentin. Las Islas Anglonormandas, aunque son dependencias del Reino Unido, son cultural, geográfica e históricamente parte del Ducado de Normandía."

"Normandy (/nrmndi/; French: Normandie, pronounced [n.m.di], Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the regions of France, corresponding to the historical Duchy of Normandy. Administratively, Normandy is divided into five departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 km² (11825 sq mi), forming roughly 5% of the territory of France. Its population of 3.37 million accounts for around 5% of the population of France. Normans is the name given to the inhabitants of Normandy, and the region is the 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 départements of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (referred to as Îles Anglo-Normandes in French) are also historically part of Normandy; they cover 194 km² and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown dependencies over which Queen Elizabeth II reigns as Duke of Normandy. Normandy's name is derived from the settlement of the territory by mainly Norwegian and Danish Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and Earl Rollo of Møre, Norway. For a century and a half following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by Norman and Frankish rulers."