what is north west part of france called
Normandy tourism. The Normandy region is on the coast of north-west France, with the English Channel to the north and Brittany to the west.anche department. The Manche department is to the west of the region, with the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel (the most visited site in France outside Paris) to the south-west and Cherbourg at the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula.