What is Lower Normandy?
[[File:Basse-Normandie map.png|thumb|right|Basse Normandie is marked in red]] [[File:Flag of Basse-Normandie.svg|right|250px]] [[File:Blason region fr Normandie.svg|right|100px]] '''Lower Normandy''' (called ''Basse-Normandie'' in [[French language|French]]) is a former administrative [[Regions of France]]. It is now part of the region of [[Normandy]]. The [[capital city]] was [[Caen]]. In 2007 about 1.4 million people lived there. Lower Normandy became a region in 1956. The old region of [[Normandy]] was split into Lower Normandy and [[Upper Normandy]]. The departments in the region were [[Calvados]], [[Manche]], and [[Orne]]. The economy is centered on [[agriculture]]. [[Cider]] is made there and [[livestock]] is farmed. There is a bit of [[textile]] industry as well. It was the first region of France when it comes to producing [[butter]], [[cheese]] and [[horse]]s. The west part of the region is used mainly for farming, because of the prairies. [[Camembert cheese|Camembert]], [[Pont-l'évêque cheese|Pont-l'évêque]] and [[Livarot cheese|Livarot]] cheeses come from this region. {{commons category}} [[Category:Former administrative regions of France]] [[Category:Normandy|*]] {{France-geo-stub}}