Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux is a region in Normandy that belongs to the Paris Basin . It is a chalk plateau of Normandy north of the Seine , which extends to the cliffs of the English Channel . The Pays de Caux makes up most of the Seine-Maritime department .
The main cities in the region are: Le Havre , Dieppe , Fécamp , Yvetot and Étretat . The population and their dialect are called Cauchois .
population
In Gallic times, the Pays de Caux was settled by the Caletes , whose main town was Caracotinum - today's Harfleur - which was later replaced by Juliobona ( Lillebonne ). At the time of the Merovingians the area belonged to the County of Talou . With the establishment of Normandy and the county of Rouen , Vikings settled in large numbers in the country.
literature
- Michel Lecureur: Manoirs du pays de Caux , Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1992 ISBN 2-85480-357-4
- Jacques Ragot, Monique Ragot: Guide de la nature en pays de Caux , Fécamp, éditions des falaises 2005, ISBN 2-84811-035-X
Web links
- Tourist Office of the Pays de Caux (French, English)
- Natural heritage of the Pays de Caux ( Memento of September 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ E