#Alice is from Loguenan and just arrived in Honfreville

[chere-indolente-plays]

So before I introduce more sims, I thought it'd be useful to give the head canon I have for the main worlds I plan on using. I've also given new made up french names to these worlds, in order to make it less immersion breaking for myself.

And I've made some maps to help me in my explanations since I'm aware not everybody know the areas, cities and towns I'm gonna be referencing.

The first thing to note is that I'll be mostly playing in Windenburg and Newcrest which I've both situated in Normandy, more details on that in a bit. Other worlds I'll be locating in France will be Brindleton and Britechester. I'm on the fence on Tartosia which will either be a french town near Nice or an italian town on the west coast.

Brindleton will be called Loguenan. It will be situated on the north-east coast of Brittany and inspired by Saint-Malo and little coastal towns near it.

Britechester will be called Rormay. In my headcanon this is a city roughly taking Reims's spot on the map but architecturally the influences will be a mix of Reims, Paris, Nancy & Brussels (because I need to channel all my art nouveau inspo somewhere).

So now about Normandy which will be the main focus of my save (for now at least, who knows, things happen in 140 sims years) : this is a place very close to my heart, where my family is from and where I grew up so I'm very excited to explore its history and architecture.

Newcrest will be called Dorfleur, it's a city that's basically a mix of Caen and Rouen.

Finally Windenburg will be called Honfreville-sur-Mer which I'm placing in the general Pays d'Auge area because it match best the world and its half-timbering imo.

Old Platz becomes Honfreville Centre, the town's city center

For this neighboorhood I'm not really taking inspiration from one specific place just mixing stuff I've seen from various normand towns

Lykke Centre becomes Honfreville Quai, the town's quay/port

For now I won't be playing in this neighboorhood but I have plans for post 1945 builds inspired by places like Le Havre et Cherbourg

Windslar becomes Couligny

In my head canon this in a village near Honfreville-sur-Mer which is slightly more inland. Once again the inspiration is from all over Normandy.

The Crumbling Isle becomes the Île de Préhou

This island will be mostly inspired by places like Trouville-sur-Mer, Granville and more broadly by little coastal fishing towns that turned into seaside resorts over the course of the 19th and 20th century. It's not far off the coast from Honfreville. I'm deliberately choosing not to use actual normand Islands as references for this because this is the only beaches I get in this world and I'll be damned if I don't explore the seaside tourism aspect of the region and eventually cover this place with villas.

Finally, here is a map of all my made up towns and cities :