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NORMANDY VILLAS, COTTAGES AND GITES FOR SALE| Search the Buy in France properties for sale directory for real estate listings in Normandy. It is a historic region with interesting architecture, attractive coastline and a beautiful countryside of rocky crags and deep river gorges which are ideal for watersports. Normandy is divided for administrative purposes into two regions: Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) consists of the French departements of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) of the departements of Orne, Calvados, and Manche. Le Havre, Caen and Rouen are the three main cities in this region. Turbot and oysters from the Cotentin Peninsula are major delicacies throughout France. Normandy is the chief oyster-cultivating, scallop-exporting, and mussel-raising region in France. The region is also famous for its racehorses and has many top breeding stables.