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Basse-Normandie, or Lower Normandy Coastal
region of NW France lying between
Haute-Normandie and Brittany (Bretagne). It
includes the departements of Calvados,
Manche, and Orne; area 17,600 sq km/6,794 sq
mi; population (1996) 1,423,000. Its capital
is Caen. Apart from stock farming, dairy
farming and the production of textiles, the
area produces Calvados (apple brandy). The
invasion of Europe by Allied forces began in
June 1944 when troops landed on the beaches
of Calvados.