The Norman Vexin is a natural Région of France, delimited by the valleys of the Epte, the Andelle and the the Seine.
Geography
Norman Vexin extends on the North-East from the Département from the Eure and south-east from that from the
Seine-Maritime. Like its French counterpart, it is presented in the form of a calcareous plate limited to the south by the Méandre S of the Seine, which dug it while forming by places of the abrupt
cliff S. It is notched by North-South directed principal valleys, of which the
Epte which forms the border with the
French Vexin.
Some cities (chief town of canton):
Andelys, Gisors, Fleury-sur-Andelle, Écouis, Étrépagny, Neaufles-Saint-Martin, Écos, Gasny.
The principal tourist attractions of Vexin are at the Andelys, with the Castle-Strapping man, and with Lyons-the-Forest, picturesque Norman borough within the forest éponyme, one of most beautiful the hêtraies of France.
History
In
911, the
Vexin was divided by the Traité Saint-Clearly-on-Epte between the Duché of Normandy (Norman Vexin) and the royal Domaine (
French Vexin).
Inheritance
Reference
- Lucien Louis Joseph Welsh, natural Areas and names of country , Paris, Armand Colin, 1908