Haute-Normandie

French Région |native_name = Région Haute-Normandie |common_name = Upper Normandy |image_flag = Haute-Normandie flag.svg |image_logo = HNlogo.gif|image_logo_size = 70px|flag = (Région flag)²|capital = Rouen |area = 12,318 |area_scale=10|Regional president = Alain Le Vern
(PS) (since 1998) |population_rank = 13th|population_census = 1,780,192 |population_census_year = 1999 |population_estimate = 1,806,000 |population_estimate_year = 2005 |population_density = 147 |population_density_year = 2005| arrondissements = 6 |cantons = 112 |communes = 1,420 |départements = Eure
Seine-Maritime |image_map = Haute-Normandie map.png |footnotes = ² This is the flag of Normandy, which is also used by the Lower Normandy région.|}}Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 régions of France. It was created in 1956, when Normandy was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. This division remains somewhat controversial, with some calling for a regrouping.Rouen is the local capital, historically important with many fine churches and buildings.