The total population of Normandy is 3.26 million (Figures estimated at January 2006) with a population density of 109 inhabitants per km2.This compares favourably with the UK which in 2003 had a population density of 344 per km2. France is roughly 2.5 times the area of the UK so for all new House buyers to France there is still plenty of room!

Normandy is made up of two main regions which are Higher Normany (Haute Normandie) and Lower Normandy (Basse Normandie). Each Region is made up of individual departments as shown below;

Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy)

is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. The region includes three departments, Calvados, Manche and Orne. It covers 10,857 square miles, 3.2 percent of the surface area of France (Northcutt, 1996, p. 181).

The region's economy is heavily agricultural, with livestock and dairy farming, textiles and fruit production among its major industries. Iron ore is mined near Caen. Tourism is also a major industry.

Haute Normandie

The capital of Haute Normandie is Rouen and the population there is 518,000 approximately which, by many expectations, is low for a principal city.