Books set in Normandie

21 books and other written works set here; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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1AlençonLa Vieille Fille3
2Le HavreRouge Brésil3
3FécampLa Maison Tellier2
4Arromanches-les-BainsL'Équarrissage pour tous1
5CherbourgLa Marie du port1
6CressyHistoire de M. le marquis de Cressy1
7GivernyNymphéas noirs1
8Mont-Saint-AignanLe Viking1
9ValognesLa Nuit de Valognes1

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Relief: Copernicus EU-DEM (modified; not endorsed by the European Union), with SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 where it does not reach. Boundaries: Natural Earth. Settings: Wikidata. Sources

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Le Journal d'une femme de chambreby Octave Mirbeau · 1900
#178.6avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Aurélienby Louis Aragon · 1944 · Vernon
#269.5avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Rouge Brésilby Jean-Christophe Rufin · 2001 · Le Havre
#348.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La Maison Tellierby Guy de Maupassant · 1881 · Fécamp
#434.2avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Mon oncle Julesby Guy de Maupassant · 1883 · Le Havre
#531.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Nymphéas noirsby Michel Bussi · 2011 · Giverny
#626.5avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Mademoiselle Fifiby Guy de Maupassant · 1882
#718.9avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La Vieille Filleby Honoré de Balzac · 1837 · Alençon
#810.6avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Cabinet des Antiquesby Honoré de Balzac · 1839 · Alençon
#99.9avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
L'Abbé Julesby Octave Mirbeau · 1888
#108.4avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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