western France
Bordeaux's home region
Western France is the Atlantic-facing region of France, encompassing areas like Brittany, the Loire Valley, and parts of Normandy.
The term appears in geographic, historical, and travel contexts: The Allied forces landed in western France on D-Day.
Western France is known for its seafood and cider.
- medieval fortressFortified structure from Middle Ages
- Atlantic OceanSecond-largest marine body
- Atlantic coastOcean-bordering eastern shore
- Loire RiverFrance's longest watercourse
- salted butterDairy fat with sodium
D-Day beaches · Mont Saint-Michel · Hundred Years' War · Bay of Biscay · oyster farms · Eleanor of Aquitaine · Nantes · Norman Conquest · Carnac · standing stones · Brittany · Bordeaux · wine country
western FranceAlsace
Northeastern French region
Lorraine · northeastern France · Burgundy · Île-de-France · Provence
western FranceProvence
Southeastern French region
Côte d'Azur · Nice · Paris · Île-de-France
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