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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

commune in Manche, France
Place commune_of_france Q21008210

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
commune of France
Inception
2016[22]
Country
France[4]
Official website
www.cherbourg.fr, www.ville-cherbourg.fr[23][24]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.639°, -1.625°
Capital of
arrondissement of Cherbourg, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-5, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-3, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-2, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-1, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-4, canton of la Hague[46][47][48][49][50][51][52]
Archives at
archives municipales de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin[21]
Area
+68.54
Elevation above sea level
+4
Female population
+40952[55]
Legal form
commune nouvelle[54]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Manche, arrondissement of Cherbourg, communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin[1][2][3]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Unité urbaine de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Male population
+38248[56]
Office held by head of government
Mayor of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin[39]
Official name
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin[53]
Population
78k (37k–81k, n=16)[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Postal code
50k (50k–50k, n=6)[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Replaces
Cherbourg-Octeville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, La Glacerie, Querqueville, Tourlaville, Communauté urbaine de Cherbourg[40][41][42][43][44][45]
Shares border with
Martinvast, Nouainville, Sideville, Tollevast, Tourlaville, Urville-Nacqueville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, La Hague, Digosville, Le Mesnil-au-Val, Brix[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Twinned administrative body
Bremerhaven, Allmendingen[13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cherbourg-en-Cotentin ar شيربورغ-إن-كوتينتن el Σερμπούρ-αν-Κοταντέν he שרבור-אן-קוטנטן ja シェルブール＝アン＝コタンタン ru Шербур-ан-Котенен th แชร์บูร็องกอต็องแต็ง uk Шербур-ан-Котантен zh 瑟堡 zh 科唐坦地区瑟堡 zh 科唐坦地區瑟堡
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
3934152261529817180001
GND ID
1155131738
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cherbourg panoramique haut sca.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
17676423n
FINESS ID
500023379
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11b8_x9h85
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Insee municipality code
50129
Instagram username
villecherbourg
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
14882
Le Figaro tag ID
Cherbourg
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Michelin Voyages ID
europe/france/basse-normandie/manche/cherbourg-en-cotentin
Museum-digital place ID
77922
NL CR AUT ID
ge1064103
National Address Base ID
5c59a72c-752b-414d-8e38-5faa0679ffdd
OpenStreetMap relation ID
5812062
SNARC ID
Luppa/Łupoj
Topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portail:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Topic's main category
Category:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
TripAdvisor ID
13351023
UN/LOCODE
FRCER
X (Twitter) username
CherbourgEnCot, VilledeTourlavi
Yale LUX ID
place/940c9ed3-7869-4c50-bdb6-9db32cfc8a46

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 14
La Glacerie, Querqueville, Tourlaville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, Cherbourg railway station, Octeville, Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg, Cherbourg Naval Base +6 more
← Shares border with 9
Brix, Digosville, Martinvast, Tollevast, Urville-Nacqueville, Le Mesnil-au-Val, Nouainville, Sideville +1 more
Shares border with 8
Brix, Digosville, Martinvast, Tollevast, Le Mesnil-au-Val, Nouainville, Sideville, La Hague
Capital of 7
arrondissement of Cherbourg, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-4, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-5, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-1, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-2, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-3, canton of la Hague
← Capital 7
arrondissement of Cherbourg, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-4, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-5, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-1, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-2, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-3, canton of la Hague
Replaces 5
Cherbourg-Octeville, La Glacerie, Querqueville, Tourlaville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville
← Replaced by 5
Cherbourg-Octeville, La Glacerie, Querqueville, Tourlaville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Manche, arrondissement of Cherbourg
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Twinned administrative body 2
Bremerhaven, Allmendingen
← Category combines topics 2
Category:People of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Category:Births in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
← Twinned administrative body 2
Bremerhaven, Allmendingen
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Category of associated people 1
Category:People of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Country 1
France
Has these parts 1
Cherbourg
Instance of 1
commune of France
Legal form 1
commune nouvelle
People born here 1
Amaël Moinard
Topic's main category 1
Category:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
← Destination point 1
2016 Tour de France, stage 2
← Headquarters location 1
AS Cherbourg Football
← Terminus location 1
European route E46
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  1. 3d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 15w ago · Theklan · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabular population → Data:Population – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin – Manche (départemen
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  3. 24w ago · Cristan · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Population → {'amount': '+37055'}, {'amount': '+39774'}, {'amount': '+42318'} +13
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