BOCAGE, a term applied to several regions of France, the characteristics of which are a granite formation with associated heath or reclaimed land sparsely timbered (from O.Fr. boscage,. late Lat. boscurn, a wood) . The most important are (1) the Bo cage of Normandy, including portions of the departments of Calvados, Manche and Orne; (2) the Bocage of Vendee, in the departments of Vendee, Deux-Sevres, Maine-et-Loire and Loire Inf erieure.