Bessin () is an area in

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

, France, corresponding to the territory of the Bajocasses, a Gallic tribe from whom Bayeux, its main town, takes its name.

History

The territory was annexed by the count of Rouen in 924. The Bessin corresponds to the former diocese of Bayeux, which was incorporated into the Calvados ''

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'' following the

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Ecology

Part of the Bessin is now administered as a national park for its importance as marshland. Geography of Calvados (department) Former provinces of France {{Calvados-geo-stub