Location within France
The Pays de Caux (pronounced [pɛi də ko] ) is an area in Normandy , France . It makes up the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Normandy . It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extends to the cliffs on the English Channel coast. Its coastline is called the Côte d'Albâtre . In the east, it borders on the Pays de Bray where the layers of soil below the chalk show through.
The area depends on manufacturing more than as agriculture . Even so, the soil quality of the Pays de Caux is the finest in France.[ 1] It is also known for its fine fabrics .
Cauchois is a dialect of the Norman language . The Pays de Caux is one of the last places outside the Cotentin Peninsula where the Norman language is spoken. Its main cities are Le Havre , Dieppe , Fécamp , Yvetot and Étretat .
In the Norman language caux means lime , calcium carbonate .
Artistic connections
The rugged scenery of the Pays de Caux is only a short distance from Paris . Artists including Claude Monet and Gustave Courbet came there to paint .
References
↑ John Pinkerton, A general collection of ... voyages and travels in all parts of the world (Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., 1809), p. 393