Le Havre
Honfleur
Cabourg
Orbec
Clitourps
Hague
Varenguebec
Barfleur
Ectot
Norse names are quite common in Normandy. This is because the Normans are descended from Vikings who settled in the area in the ninth century. There are also some placenames in Normandy and other parts of northern France which are of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Interestingly for me, the name 'Clitourps' has exactly the same etymology as 'Cleethorpes' a coastal resort not too far from where I live.
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