Lawer Normandy

Lawer Normandy (French: Basse-Normandie, IPA: [bas nɔr.mɑ̃.di]; Norman: Basse-Normaundie) is an admeenistrative region o Fraunce. It wis creatit in 1956, when the Normandy region wis dividit intae Lawer Normandy an Upper Normandy. The region includes three depairtments, Calvados, Manche an Orne, that cover the pairt o Normandy traditionally termit "Lawer Normandy" lyin wast o the Dives River, the Pays d'Auge (except a sma pairt remainin in Upper Normandy), a sma pairt o the Pays d'Ouche (the main pairt remainin in Upper Normandy), the Norman Perche an pairt o the "French" Perche. It covers 10,857 km², 3.2 percent o the surface aurie o Fraunce.^[1]

Lawer Normandy Basse-Normandie
Region o Fraunce
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Kintra	Fraunce
Prefectur	Caen
Departments	3 Calvados Manche Orne
Govrenment
• Preses	Laurent Beauvais (PS)
Area
• Total	17589 km2 (6,791 sq mi)
Population  (2007-01-01)
• Total	1,453,000
• Density	83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
NUTS Region	FR2
Website	cr-basse-normandie.fr

The traditional destricts o Lawer Normandy include the Cotentin Peninsulae an La Hague, the Campagne de Caen, the Norman Bocage, the Bessin an the Avranchin.