What is Pays de Bray?
[[Image:Rouen dot.png|thumb|Location within [[France]]]] The '''Pays de Bray''' is a small natural [[:wikt:region|region]] of [[France]]. It is [[:wikt:northeast|northeast]] of [[Rouen]] and is in the French [[Département in France|départements]] of the [[Seine-Maritime]] and [[Oise]]. It was in the historic [[:en:wikt:provinces|provinces]] of [[Normandy]] and [[Picardy]] since 911. The landscape is mainly [[bocage]], a land use which has to do with its [[clay]] [[soil]]. This makes it suitable for [[pasture]] for the raising of [[dairy]] cattle. It produces famous [[butter]]s and [[cheese]]s such as [[Neufchâtel (cheese)|Neuchâtel]].{{efn|This is the oldest of the Norman cheeses. It was a favorite of [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]]<ref>Clare Hargreaves, ''Normandy'' (London: Cadogan Guides, 2007), p. 61</ref>}}<ref name = leclos>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leclosduquesnay.fr/villes.htm |title=info site on the Pays de Bray. |access-date=2013-07-30 |archive-date=2008-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112224524/http://www.leclosduquesnay.fr/villes.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Oise]] [[Category:Seine-Maritime]]