Editing Lower Normandy (section)

==Geography==
The region included three [[Departments of France|departments]], [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]], [[Manche]] and [[Orne]], that cover the part of Normandy traditionally termed "Lower Normandy" lying west of the river [[Dives (river)|Dives]], the [[Pays d'Auge]] (except a small part remaining in Upper Normandy), a small part of the [[Pays d'Ouche]] (the main part remaining in Upper Normandy), the Norman [[Perche]], and part of the "French" [[Perche]]. It covers 10,857&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, 3.2 percent of the surface area of France.<ref>(Northcutt, 1996, p. 181)</ref>

The traditional districts of Lower Normandy include the [[Cotentin Peninsula]] and [[La Hague]], the Campagne de [[Caen]], the Norman [[Bocage]], the [[Bessin]], and the [[Avranchin]].