Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: AsniÃ res-en-Bessin is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France .
Simplified: AsniÃ res-en-Bessin is a commune . It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France .