Pont-l'Évêque
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Oct 11, 2026
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
These districts are commonly distinguished as Upper and Lower Normandy, terms consecrated by long use and representing two contrasted regions and types, but there is no general agreement as to their exact limits or the limits of the region of Middle Normandy, which some have placed between them.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Even the attempt to define these areas in terms of cheese as the land respectively of the creamy Neufchâtel, the resilient Pont-l'Évêque, and the flowing Camembert is defective from the point of view of geographical accuracy.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The most distinctive parts of Upper Normandy are the valley of the Seine and the region to the north and east, the Pays de Caux, fringed by the coast from Havre to the frontier of Picardy.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Less monotonous than the bare plains farther east, the plateau of Caux is covered by a rich vegetation broken by scattered farmsteads where house and orchard and outbuildings are protected from the wind by those rectangular earthworks surmounted by trees which are the most characteristic feature of the region.
ClaireNARRATOR
In the center of Perche, at Mouves, Régimélard, Luné, Corbon, Courchon, Revillon, Villers, and Saint-Logis, nothing is bred.
ClaireNARRATOR
The farmer brings up the horse colts of Eperrais, Pont-l'Évêque, Coumnier, Saint-Quentin, Bouray, Pervenchères, and the breeding parishes of the district of Mortagne, Nogent-le-Rotrou, Main-d'Oble, and Courtalain.
ClaireNARRATOR
Horses of different sexes and ages are never mingled in Perche.
ClaireNARRATOR
They are there separated with care.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
These districts are commonly distinguished as Upper and Lower Normandy, terms consecrated by long use and representing two contrasted regions and types, but there is no general agreement as to their exact limits or the limits of the region of Middle Normandy, which some have placed between them.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Even the attempt to define these areas in terms of cheese, as the land respectively of the creamy Neufchâtel, the resilient Pont-l'Évêque, and the flowing Camembert, is defective from the point of view of geographical accuracy.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The most distinctive parts of Upper Normandy are the valley of the Seine and the region to the north and east, the Pays de Caux, fringed by the coast from Havre to the frontier of Picardy.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Less monotonous than the bare plains farther east, the plateau of Caux is covered by a rich vegetation broken by scattered farmsteads, where house and orchard and outbuildings are protected from the wind by those rectangular earthworks surmounted by trees which are the most characteristic feature of the region.
Richard ConteVOICE_ACTOR
[upbeat music] In the seaport city of Le Havre, the Gestapo headquarters for the heavily fortified coastal area was located at 13 Rue Madeleine.
Richard ConteVOICE_ACTOR
That evening, shortly before 7:00, a staff car and a truckload of soldiers roared out of 13 Rue Madeleine and headed down the road for Pont L'Eveque.
Richard ConteVOICE_ACTOR
In the staff car, as we subsequently learned, was Colonel Kunzel.
Richard ConteVOICE_ACTOR
Meanwhile, in Pont L'Eveque-
speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
Look at them, Captain Breiter.
speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
That mob out there, they'll kill me.