Lieuvin

The Lieuvin is a landscape in the west of the French department of Eure.

Geography

This is a Bocage plateau, the west by the Touques, north of the mouth of the Seine, is bounded on the east by the valley of Risle and in the south from the Valley of Charentonne. To the west it borders on the Pays d'Auge, on the east by the Roumois and on the south by the Pays d' Ouche. The Lieuvin has an area of ​​approximately 790 km ² at an average altitude of 150 meters. The upper floor consists mainly of carbonate- silt and clay residualem and Silex.

The Lieuvin corresponds to the cantons Beuzeville, Saint -Georges- du- Vièvre and Thiberville, as well as a part of the canton Cormeilles (without the Calonne, Pont- Audemer and Montfort- sur -Risle in the west of Risle ). The largest cities are: Beuzeville, Épaignes, Lieurey and Thiberville.

History

In the ancien régime (1589-1792) the Lieuvin was a dean's office, which belonged to the diocese of Lisieux.

Economy

The region is dominated by agriculture with a focus on cattle.