The weekend weather forecast for Normandy

Weather in Normandy: A Weekend of Rain, Hail and Thunderstorms

The weekend weather for Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November looks gloomy in Normandy.The forecast, rain, hail and thunderstorms with gusty winds. Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November, 2017, the weather looks very gloomy in five departments of Normandy . The Saturday will be rainy, from morning until evening. And the Sunday will be punctuated by rain showers of hail and storms . If the climate is not […]

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The 7th stage, the longest of the Tour de France (231 km), leave Fougères to reach Chartres

Tour de France: The Route Between Fougères and Chartres, 13th July

Christian Prudhomme, head of Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) unveiled the Tour de France Tuesday, October 17, 2018 in Paris. On Friday 13th July, between Fourgères and Chartres, the riders will borrow the roads of Mayenne, Orne and Sarthe. The Tour de France will include Mayenne and Alencon. The Tour de France 2018 was unveiled on Tuesday in […]

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Meteo France placed three Normandy departments orange alert to the heatwave.

Heatwave: Eure, Orne and Seine-Maritime on Orange Alert

WEATHER: The orange alert for Normandy is underway until Thursday 22nd June at 6 am. Meteo France has placed the three Normandy departments of Eure, Orne and Seine-Maritime on Orange alert for the heatwave that has been affecting a large portion of France over the last few days. The temperature should reach 37 ° C […]

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Departments in Normabdy are on a Yellow warning for snow and ice

Weather: Snow and ice, the cold settles in Normandy

Orne, Calvados and Manche are under a yellow warning for snow and ice during the night. Seine-Maritime prefecture triggered the alert “cold weather”. Three departments under snow and ice warning The cold settles in Normandy. In the night from Wednesday 8th to Thursday, February 9, 2017, the former Lower Normandy is under yellow alert for […]

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Ice and thick fog in the West of France is causing many road accidents

Beware the Ice! Road Accidents Increase on Friday in the West

Friday morning, patches of ice appeared in several departments of Brittany, Normandy and Loire Valley. Finistere was particularly affected, but also the Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan. Some accidents were also reported in Loire-Atlantique and the Orne. Beware the ice and fog on Friday morning in the West. Police and firefighters are calling for vigilance. From about 4 […]

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A snail operation and a sit in at the Mairie in Alencon against the labour Law

Alençon: Snail Operation and Sitting in the Mairie against the Labour Law

Around 11am, Thursday, about fifty cars of the unions opposed to the Labour Law have started a snail operation in the streets of Alençon and on the dual carriageway. About 200 protesters opposed to Labour Law took place in about fifty cars, around 11 am, in the parking Space Pyramid in Alençon. Flags of the unions […]

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Two Dogs were amongst the medals given out in Orne, on May 8th

Orne: Candy and Diego Gendarmes Dogs Decorated

The two German shepherds, 8 years working for Police Dog Gendarmerie brigades of the Orne. This 8th May, they received the bronze medal of national defense. A May 8th ceremony, which was a bit special this morning in Alençon.  After the speeches and wreaths laying seven medals were presented by Colonel Christophe Urien, patron of […]

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