Pays de Caux

The Pays de Caux, is an area in Normandy, occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast. In the east, it borders on the Pays de Bray where the strata below the chalk show through.

Related Topics:
Normandy - French - Département - Seine Maritime - Haute-Normandie - Chalk - Plateau - Estuary - Cliff - English Channel - Strata

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Cauchois is a notable dialect of the Norman language. The Pays de Caux is one of the remaining strongholds of the Norman language outside the Cotentin.

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