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