Cherbourg-Octeville
former city in Manche, France
Facts
24 propertiesIdentity
- Instance of
- commune of France, delegated commune[9]
- Inception
- February 28, 2000[21]
- Official website
- www.ville-cherbourg.fr[23]
- Native label
- Cherbourg-Octeville[45]
- Official name
- Cherbourg-Octeville[44]
Location
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 49.639°, -1.625°
- Located in or next to body of water
- English Channel[8]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Manche, canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Nord-Ouest, canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Est, canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Ouest, arrondissement of Cherbourg[2][3][4][5][6]
- Shares border with
- Équeurdreville-Hainneville, Tourlaville[10][11]
Population and size
- Area
- +14.26[52]
More facts +10
- Award received
- Croix de guerre 1939–1945[1]
- Capital of
- canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Est, arrondissement of Cherbourg, canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Ouest, canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Nord-Ouest, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-3, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-2, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-1[37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
- Associated electoral district
- canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-1, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-2, canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-3
- Described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[29][30][31][32][33]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished
- December 31, 2015[22]
- Office held by the head of government
- Mayor of Cherbourg-Octeville[28]
- Replaced by
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin[36]
- Twinned administrative body
- Bremerhaven, Poole, Kaliningrad[12][13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche
en Cherbourg
en Cherbourg-Octeville
en Cherbourg-Octeville, France
ar شيربورغ-أوكتوفيل
da Cherbourg-Octeville
el Ιλ-Πελέ
el Σερμπούρ-Οκτεβίλ
es Cherbourg Octeville
es Cherbourg-Octeville
es Cherburgo Octeville
es Cherburgo-Octeville
fa شربورگ-اکتوویل
he שרבור
he שרבור-אוקטוויל
hi शैर्बूर
ja シェルブール
ja シェルブール＝オクトヴィル
ko 셸부르
ko 쉘부르
🔖 Identifiers · 32
- GND ID
- 10100500-3
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cherbourg.jpg ↗
- BBC Things ID
- 693e51ee-fd14-406a-af7a-16921f8f850c
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 119433080
- Biblissima authority ID
- Air Åland
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- cherbourg-octeville
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- 2--44212
- EHESS ID of a French commune
- 9198
- FactGrid item ID
- Wesendonck
- Freebase ID
- /m/0qb01
- GNS Unique Feature ID
- -1419880
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- GeoNames ID
- 3025466
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 11565
- Insee municipality code
- 50129
- Interlingual Index ID
- i83661
- Museum-digital place ID
- 7616
- MusicBrainz area ID
- 8e23b956-293b-44f7-ac88-76ac83ce82e3
- NL CR AUT ID
- ge1064096
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
- XX5435104
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3885103
- OpenStreetMap relation ID
- 9070
- OpenWeatherMap city ID
- 3025466
- PACTOLS thesaurus ID
- pcrtKpjSHTRIyK
- Quora topic ID
- Cherbourg-Octeville
- Routard.com place ID
- 6916
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae ID
- RDD4FHZRSVCG3M4DLDSYUUZBNI
- Topic's main category
- Category:Cherbourg-Octeville
- Trismegistos Geo ID
- 23828
- Vikidia article ID
- fr:Cherbourg-Octeville
- Who's on First ID
- 101840309
- Yale LUX ID
- place/00272243-20a5-4a5a-a443-833fa28572d0
📚 Sources · 1
- GND (DNB) DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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- Source
- GND (DNB)
- Edition
- 20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- Credit
- DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 9
People born here 8
Capital of 7
← Capital 7
Located in the administrative territorial entity 5
People who died here 5
← Shipping port 5
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 4
← Manufacturer 4
Associated electoral district 3
Described by source 3
Located in this place 3
Twinned administrative body 3
← Location of creation 3
← Twinned administrative body 3
Instance of 2
← Port of registry 2
← Shares border with 2
Award received 1
Category of associated people 1
Country 1
Has these parts 1
Located in or next to body of water 1
Named after 1
Owner of 1
Replaced by 1
Shares border with 1
Topic's main category 1
← Category combines topics 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Headquarters location 1
← Opposite of 1
← Place served by transport hub 1
← Replaces 1
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Cherbourg-Octeville include Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport[53], an airport[54], in France[55], founded in 1939[56].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Cherbourg-Octeville include Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport[53], an airport[54], in France[55], founded in 1939[56].
FAQs
What awards did Cherbourg-Octeville receive?
Honors received include Croix de guerre 1939–1945[1].