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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Sign in to saveCherbourg-en-Cotentin (, ; Norman: Tchidbouo) commonly known as Cherbourg is a major port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. The commune takes its name from Cherbourg, the main town of the commune, and from the Cotentin Peninsula. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel.
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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a commune nouvelle in France, located in the Manche department and the arrondissement of Cherbourg. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Cherbourg and the cantons of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-2, -3, and -5. The commune was established on January 1, 2016, replacing the former communes of Cherbourg-Octeville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, La Glacerie, and Querqueville. It shares borders with Martinvast, Nouainville, Sideville, and Tollevast.
The area covers 68.54 square kilometers, with an elevation of 4 meters above sea level. The population is 80,616, including 38,248 males. Postal codes for the region include 50100, 50110, 50120, and 50130. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is twinned with Bremerhaven and Allmendingen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 26,655
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- French commune.commune status
- Subprefecture and commune
- French commune.image
- Cherbourg.jpg
- French commune.caption
- An aerial view of Cherbourg
- French commune.map
- Carte Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.png
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cherbourg
- French commune.canton
- 6 cantons
- French commune.INSEE
- 50129
- French commune.postal code
- 50100
- French commune.mayor
- Benoît Arrivé
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Cotentin
- French commune.area km2
- 68.54
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Cherbourg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- Country
- France
- Population
- 78258
- Area
- 68.54
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of la Hague
- Shares border with
- Brix
- Legal form
- commune nouvelle
- Official website
- www.ville-cherbourg.fr
- Image
- Cherbourg panoramique haut sca.jpg
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- postal code
- 50470
- inception
- 2016-01-01
- Commons category
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- topic's main category
- Category:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- twinned administrative body
- Allmendingen
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- Commons gallery
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- category of associated people
- Category:People of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- male population
- 38248
- female population
- 40952
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
The municipality was established in 2016 by merger of the former communes of Cherbourg-Octeville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, La Glacerie, Querqueville and Tourlaville.
Get around
A decent enough network of buses runs round the town, but everything can be reached by foot
See
thumb|200px|Store used in the filming of Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Eat
There are numerous other restaurants in the streets and squares of the old town and along the quay.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Administration
- Population
- Housing
- Education
- Transport
- Politics
- Presidential elections second round
- Sights
- See also
- References
- External links
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (, ; Norman: Tchidbouo) commonly known as Cherbourg is a major port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. The commune takes its name from Cherbourg, the main town of the commune, and from the Cotentin Peninsula. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a maritime prefecture and a sub-prefecture of Manche. The merger makes it the most populous commune in the department, with 79,144 inhabitants as of 2018 (of which 35,545 in Cherbourg-Octeville) and the largest city of the department, ahead of the Saint-Lô prefecture, and the second-largest city in the region, after Caen. Its urban unit is composed of three communes (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Martinvast and Tollevast) and has 81,963 inhabitants (2018). Its larger functional area covers 77 communes and had 152,630 inhabitants as of 2018.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cherbourg-en-Cotentin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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