| LC control no. | n 50052877 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Calvados (France) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | France--Calvados |
| Variant(s) | Département du Calvados (France) |
| Beginning date | 1790 |
| Associated country | France |
| Found in | BGN 11/18/82 (Département du Calvados, admin., 49°10ʹN, 0°30ʹW) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 49°10ʹ00ʺN 000°30ʹ00ʺW) Wikipedia, Sept. 8, 2014 (Calvados; a department in the Lower Normandy region in northwestern France. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast. Calvados is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from a part of the former province of Normandy. On 6 June 1944, the Allied forces landed on the beaches of the Bay of the Seine in what became known as the Battle of Normandy. The most notable places in Calvados include Deauville and the formerly elegant 19th-century casino resorts of the coast.) |
| Geographic area code | e-fr--- |
| Associated language | fre |
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