Upper Normandy

Upper Normandy Former French region (until 2015)
Basic data
Today part of	Normandy
Administrative headquarters	Rouen
population  - total January 1, 2017  - density	1,856,221 inhabitants 150.7 inhabitants per km²
surface  - total  - share in France :	12,317 km² 1.9%
Departments	2
Arrondissements	6th
Cantons	112
Communities	1,420
Formerly ISO 3166-2 code	FR-Q

The Haute-Normandie [ otnɔʀmɑ̃ˈdi ] ( German  Upper Normandy ) was a region in the north of France , which consisted of the departments Eure and Seine-Maritime . It had an area of ​​12,317 km² and 1,856,221 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The capital of the region was Rouen . On January 1, 2016, Lower Normandy merged with Upper Normandy to form the Normandy region . The provisional capital of the new region is Rouen.

geography

Upper Normandy lies on the English Channel and borders the regions of Basse-Normandie , Center-Val de Loire , Île-de-France and Picardie .

coat of arms

Description: In red, two blue-tongued and thus armored golden, walking leopards .

history

The Haute-Normandie region was formed in 1956 when historical Normandy was divided into the two regions of Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy when France was divided into program regions .

In 1972 the region received the status of an établissement public under the direction of a regional prefect.

The decentralization laws of 1982 gave the regions the status of collectivités territoriales ( territorial authorities ), which until then had only been enjoyed by the municipalities and the départements .

In 1986 the regional councils were directly elected for the first time. Since then, the region's powers vis-à-vis the central government in Paris have been gradually expanded.

On January 1, 2016 , the Haute-Normandie region merged with the neighboring region of Basse-Normandie to form the new region of Normandy .

Cities

The most populous cities in Upper Normandy are:

city	Inhabitants (year)	Department
Le Havre	170,147 (2017)	Seine-Maritime
Rouen	110,145 (2017)	Seine-Maritime
Evreux	47,733 (2017)	Your
Dieppe	29,080 (2017)	Seine-Maritime
Sotteville-lès-Rouen	28,965 (2017)	Seine-Maritime
Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray	28,641 (2017)	Seine-Maritime
Le Grand-Quevilly	25,698 (2017)	Seine-Maritime
Vernon	23,872 (2017)	Your
Le Petit-Quevilly	21,995 (2017)	Seine-Maritime
Mont-Saint-Aignan	18,850 (2017)	Seine-Maritime

Political structure

The Haute-Normandie region is divided into two departments :

Department	prefecture	ISO 3166-2	Arrondissements	Cantons	Communities	Inhabitants (year)	Area (km²)	Density (inh / km²)
Your	Evreux	FR-27	3	43	675	601.843 (2017)	6,040	99.6
Seine-Maritime	Rouen	FR-76	3	69	745	1,254,378 (2017)	6,278	199.8

economy

When compared with the GDP of the European Union expressed in purchasing power standards , the region achieved an index of 99.3 in 2006 (EU-27 = 100).

Tourist Normandy

On January 3, 1987, a law was passed in France that the regional councils (frz. Conseil régional) of the French regions should set up so-called “Comité Régional de Tourisme” (German tourism association of a region). The task of the "Comité Régional de Tourisme de Normandie" (German Tourism Association of Normandy) is to market Normandy as a holiday destination at home and abroad. The peculiarity of this tourist association is that two administrative regions (Upper and Lower Normandy ) pool their resources and their commitment to promote the Normandy region together. In addition to marketing, market analyzes and the improvement of the tourist offer in cooperation with the Norman service providers are also important tasks of this organization.

See also

• List of Presidents of the Upper Normandy Regional Council since 1986
• Reunification of Normandy

Web links

Commons : Haute-Normandie  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Haute-Normandie  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Upper Normandy region (French)
• Upper Normandy: a haven of peace in France official website (english)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurostat press release 23/2009: Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27 (PDF file; 360 kB)

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 1 ° 5'  E