Digestifs are traditionally stronger, and include Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados, Eau de vie and fruit alcohols. Calvados and applejack are distilled from cider. Through distillation, various alcoholic beverages can be produced, such as applejack, Calvados, and apfelwein. Calvados in Normandy or lambig in Brittany. Orne is in the region of Normandy neighbouring Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Sarthe, Manche, Mayenne, and Calvados. Apple brandy, of which the most famous variety is calvados, is also popular. Falaise is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Nonius was born in 1810 in Calvados, Normandy, France. Normandy is divided into five administrative departments&colon; Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. Maurice Bloch (born 1939 in Caen, Calvados, France) is a British anthropologist. The family came from La Pommeraye, Calvados, near Falaise in Normandy. He was lord of the manor of La Pommeraye, Calvados in Normandy. The less-aged calvados distinguishes itself with its fresh apple and pear aromas. In the Calvados department (location of the Normandy beachhead), 76,000 citizens were rendered homeless. Dumas was born in Bayeux, Calvados.