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Holiday Lettings – Rental Cottages in the Normandy region, France

Search the Rent-in-France property rental directory for various types of holiday homes to rent in Normandy. Choose from a number of self catering cottages, gites and farmhouses to rent all over the region. Normandy is an historic region with interesting architecture, attractive coastline and a beautiful countryside of rocky crags and deep river gorges which are ideal for watersports. There are plenty of popular tourist attractions worth visiting, including Mont St Michel, the Normandy Landing beaches and the Bayeux Tapestry. It comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands. The territory is divided between French and British sovereignty. The continental territory under French sovereignty covers 30,627 Sq/km and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France.

Although there are many people who want to see the two regions united, they are split into separate parts: Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy) and Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) consisting of the French departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) of the departements of Orne, Calvados, and Manche. Le Havre, Caen and Rouen are the three main cities in this region. There are four smaller cities including Evreux, in the Eure, Cherbourg, an active seaport, Dieppe, a minor seaport, and Alencon, capital of the Orne. 

Parts of Normandy consist of rolling countryside typified by pasture for dairy cattle and apple orchards. A wide range of dairy products are produced and exported - Norman cheeses include Camembert and Boursin. Fish and seafood are of superior quality in Normandy. Turbot and oysters from the Cotentin Peninsula are major delicacies throughout France. Normandy is the chief oyster-cultivating, scallop-exporting, and mussel-raising region in France. Normandy is also famous for breeding many top racehorses.

 

Places to visit in the Normandy region of France: 

Le Mont Saint Michel - is a rocky tidal island which is located approximately one kilometre off the country's north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches.A UNESCO world heritage site.

Rouen – located on the River Seine, it is the historical capital city of Normandy and the Haute-Normandie region. Previously was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe. Well known for its Notre Dame cathedral.

Coutances – situated in the Manche department, the Coutances Cathedral is a major building from Norman times, notable for being home to a botanical garden and an Art museum.

Cherbourg– a city in the Manche department at the north of the Cotentin Peninsula. Visit the Musee de la Liberation, La Cite de la Mer and the Abbaye du Voeu.     

Caen – historical capital of the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region. Much of the town was destroyed from heavy fighting during the Battle of Normandy in 1944.

Falaise – a town in the Calvados department and birthplace of William the Conqueror. Well known for the Battle of the Falaise Pocket, when the Allied forces defeated two German armies in the reconquest of France in August 1944.

Giverny – most famous for being where Claude Monet lived, located in the Eure.

Bayeux- a major tourist attraction most famous for its tapestry to commemorate the Battle of Hastings.

Normandy Landing Beaches – where the Allied forces landed for the Invasion of Normandy on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day).

Barfleur – the location of the decisive naval battle of the Nine Years' War, known to the British as the War of the English Succession.

Beuvron-en-Auge – in Calvados and has been given the label of one of ‘The most beautiful villages of France’.

Chateau Gaillard – a medieval castle, located above the town of Les Andelys in the Eure department.

Cite de la Mer Aquarium – a fantastic maritime museum in Cherbourg.