The Norman geographical area is divided between two distinct geological units: the Armorican Massif to the west and the Paris Basin to the east.
The Norman climate is oceanic in type — mild and humid, with no summer moisture deficit, milder winters on the coast than inland, and cool, wet summers.
Rainfall is relatively abundant, and it is the geological diversity that gives rise to a degree of landscape variety, limited nonetheless by the shared temperate and humid climate.
The geographical area is anchored in historic Normandy and the small neighbouring regions attached to it, such as the Perche, the Domfrontais, the Plaine d'Alençon, and the Pays de Bray.
Certain pastoral and bocage landscapes recur unchanged across many parts of Normandy, as a result of the shared temperate and humid climate.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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Approximate area — the union of the 2827 commune(s) of the delimited area (INAO); no parcel delimitation exists for this denomination.
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