Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Merville-Franceville-Plage is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France .
Simplified: Merville-Franceville-Plage is a commune . It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France .