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The Pays de Caux () is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French ''département'' of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast; its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre. In the east, it borders on the Pays de Bray where the strata below the chalk show through. Cauchois is a notable dialect of the Norman language. The Pays de Caux is one of the remaining strongholds of the Norman language outside the Cotentin. The principal settlements are Le Havre, Dieppe, Fécamp, Yvetot and Étretat. ==Etymology== In the Norman language ''caux'' means lime, calcium carbonate. In French, for comparison, the word is ''chaux'' (the French 'ch' being pronounced as an English 'sh'. Example: Caux dialect ''candelle'', English ''candle'', French ''chandelle'' ). The name of the neighbouring ''Pays de Bray'' comes from an Old French word of Gaulish origin for mud. They appear to be so named as their soils distinguish them; the one of sticky clay, the other on dry chalk, but that is only a legend. In fact, according to something common in the former Gaul, the name derives from the Celtic tribe that lived here in ancient time: the Caletes (or ''Caleti''. It means "the hard or the courageous people", Breton ''kaled'' hard, Welsh ''caled'' hard ) and this land was their territory. They are sometimes considered as Belgae or as Armoricans. The word ''Caletes'' shifted to '' *Caltes'', then '' *Calz'', ''Cauz'', to be spelled "Caux" in modern time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pays de Caux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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