Calvados department

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department of France

The Calvados department is an administrative region in Normandy, northwestern France, known for its historic D-Day landing beaches, picturesque coastal towns, and production of the apple brandy that shares its name.

Aliases (1)

Bayeux arrondissement ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of France →
borders	English Channel → Eure department → Manche department → Orne department → Seine-Maritime department →
capital	Caen →
contains	Arromanches-les-Bains → Bayeux → Cabourg → Caen → Deauville → Falaise → Gold Beach → Honfleur → Juno Beach → Lisieux NERFINISHED → Omaha Beach → Sword Beach NERFINISHED → Trouville-sur-Mer → Vire →
country	France →
hasCoastlineOn	English Channel →
hasHeritage	Norman architecture → World War II sites →
hasIndustry	cider production → dairy farming → tourism →
historicRegion	Normandy →
knownFor	D-Day landing beaches → apple brandy production → picturesque coastal towns →
language	French →
locatedIn	Normandy → northwestern France →
locatedOn	English Channel →
majorRiver	Dives River NERFINISHED → Orne River NERFINISHED → Vire River NERFINISHED →
namedAfter	Calvados (apple brandy) →
partOf	French Republic →
prefecture	Caen →
region	Normandy →
subprefecture	Bayeux → Lisieux NERFINISHED → Vire →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arromanches-les-Bains → Caen → Colleville-sur-Mer → Courseulles-sur-Mer → Honfleur → Ver-sur-Mer → Vierville-sur-Mer →	locatedIn
Caen →	adminCenterOf
Arromanches-les-Bains ("Bayeux arrondissement") →	partOf
Pegasus Bridge →	region