Normandy

E23801
cultural region historical region

Normandy is a historic region in northern France, famous for its medieval duchy, its role in the Norman Conquest of England, and as the site of the D-Day landings in World War II.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Normandy canonical 598
Normandy coast 18
Normandy, France 12

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeRegion Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
administrativeRegionCreated 2016 ⓘ
annexationDate 1204 ⓘ
borders Brittany ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Hauts-de-France ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
capital Rouen ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
contains Bayeux ⓘ
Caen ⓘ
Cherbourg ⓘ
surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Le Havre ⓘ
Rouen ⓘ
containsDepartment Calvados ⓘ
Eure ⓘ
Manche ⓘ
Orne ⓘ
Seine-Maritime ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countryInvadingOnDDay Canada ⓘ
Free France ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfEvent 1066 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
duchyEstablished 10th century ⓘ
duchyFoundedBy Rollo ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
hasPart Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower Normandy

Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Normandy
historicalCapital Rouen ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings

Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
historicalLanguage Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form: Norman language

Normans ⓘ
surface form: Old Norman
knownFor Camembert cheese ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings

Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
bocage landscape ⓘ
cider production ⓘ
medieval Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
landingBeaches Gold Beach ⓘ
Juno Beach ⓘ
Omaha Beach ⓘ
Sword Beach ⓘ
Utah Beach ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Hauts-de-France ⓘ
surface form: northern France
locatedOn English Channel ⓘ
mergedFrom Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower Normandy

Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Normandy
notableRuler William the Conqueror ⓘ
partOf French Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Fifth Republic of France

France ⓘ
rulerTitle Duke of Normandy ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
surface form: Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
wasAnnexedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
wasDuchy Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Normandy
WWIIEvent Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ

Referenced by (652)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King John of England → lostTerritory → Normandy ⓘ
Gold Beach → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Gold Beach → nearestTown → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ver-sur-Mer
Normans → ethnogenesisPlace → Normandy ⓘ
Normans → settledIn → Normandy ⓘ
Normans → namedAfter → Normandy ⓘ
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → areaOfOperations → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy coast
Channel Islands (crown dependencies) → locatedNear → Normandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Channel Islands
Channel Islands (crown dependencies) → historicalAffiliation → Normandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Channel Islands
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Île-de-France region → borders → Normandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Île-de-France
River Seine → flowsThrough → Normandy ⓘ
Juno Beach → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Operation Neptune → location → Normandy ⓘ
Duke of Normandy → follows → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Duke of Normandy → hasHistoricalConnection → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Duke of Normandy → hasHistoricalConnection → Normandy ⓘ
Operation Goodwood → location → Normandy ⓘ
12th Army Group → areaOfOperations → Normandy ⓘ
Georges Sorel → placeOfBirth → Normandy ⓘ
Crown in right of the Channel Islands → historicalOrigin → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Mor Breizh → hasCoastlineOn → Normandy ⓘ
Gold → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Sword Beach → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Le Havre → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Le Havre → administrativeRegion → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy region
Utah Beach → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Operation Overlord → location → Normandy ⓘ
Omaha Beach → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Arromanches-les-Bains → locatedIn → Normandy ⓘ
Arromanches-les-Bains → partOf → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy region
Operation Cobra → location → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy, France
Operation Lüttich → place → Normandy ⓘ
Philip II of France → territorialGain → Normandy ⓘ
House of Bruce → origin → Normandy ⓘ
Roger I of Sicily → countryOfCitizenship → Normandy ⓘ
Roger I of Sicily → placeOfBirth → Normandy ⓘ
Nicolas Poussin → birthPlace → Normandy ⓘ
William the Conqueror → countryOfCitizenship → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
German 716th Infantry Division → garrison → Normandy ⓘ
subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division
German 716th Infantry Division → areaOfOperations → Normandy ⓘ
subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division
King Richard the Lionheart → alsoRuled → Normandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard I of England
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
William d’Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel → placeOfBirth → Normandy ⓘ
Rollo → countryOfCitizenship → Normandy ⓘ
Rollo → regionRuled → Normandy ⓘ
House of Plantagenet → ruledTerritory → Normandy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Liberation of France → location → Normandy ⓘ
Normandy → hasPart → Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Normandy
Normandy → hasPart → Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Normandy
Normandy → wasDuchy → Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Normandy → mergedFrom → Normandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Normandy