Of course, there are higher and longer cliffs.
That of Cap Romain, in Calvados, culminates at seven meters and runs for 500 meters.
Its characteristic is its distant origin: the cliff dates from the Jurassic period, 165 million years ago.
It is therefore quite natural that the municipal council issued, on September 7, "a favorable opinion on the creation of a National Nature Reserve of the Jurassic cliffs of the department", welcomes Élise Mackowiak, deputy mayor.
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“For the municipality, this will have a beneficial effect for the preservation of the site and for education, with appropriate signage.
The cliff of Saint-Aubin, already classified as a National Nature Reserve, for its part, is "witness to an exceptional episode in the geological history of Normandy, with the appearance of the sponges that build them, their conquest of the seabed Middle Jurassic and their asphyxiation by burial under the sands”, can we read on the website of the Natural Reserves of France.
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In total, six Calvados sites are concerned by the future reserve requested by the DREAL (Regional Directorate for the Environment) Normandy.
These are two Bessin cliffs (including Pointe du Hoc), the Cap Romain and Confessional cliffs, the Black Cows, the Black Rocks and finally Mont Canisy.
The public inquiry, opened on August 24, ends this Friday, September 16 at noon.
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