Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Saint-Germain-d ` Ectot is a commune in the Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France .
Simplified: Saint-Germain-d ` Ectot is a commune . It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France .