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Cherbourg-Octeville
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Cherbourg-Octeville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It was formed when Cherbourg and Octeville merged on 28 February 2000. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, of which it became a delegated commune.
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Cherbourg-Octeville was a commune in the Manche department of France, situated in the Normandy region near the English Channel. Established on 28 February 2000, it replaced the former communes of Cherbourg and Octeville. The area covered 14.26 square kilometers with an elevation of 139 meters above sea level. Its population was recorded as 37,055. The commune served as the capital for the arrondissement of Cherbourg and three cantons: Cherbourg-Octeville-Nord-Ouest, Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Est, and Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Ouest.
The town received the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and is the owner of an equestrian statue of Napoleon. It maintained twinning agreements with Bremerhaven, Poole, and Kaliningrad. Cherbourg-Octeville was dissolved on 31 December 2015 and replaced by Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 26,655
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Cherbourg-Octeville
- French commune.type
- Delegated commune
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cherbourg
- French commune.canton
- 3 cantons
- French commune.INSEE
- 50129
- French commune.postal code
- 50120
- French commune.commune
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 133
- French commune.area km2
- 14.26
- French commune.population
- 35452
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Cherbourg-Octeville
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Cherbourg
- Population
- 35545
- Area
- 14.26
- Elevation
- 68
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- English Channel
- Capital of
- canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-1
- Shares border with
- Équeurdreville-Hainneville
- Official website
- www.ville-cherbourg.fr
- Image
- Cherbourg.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cherbourg-Octeville
- Commons category
- Cherbourg-Octeville
- postal code
- 50460
- twinned administrative body
- Kaliningrad
- replaces
- Octeville
- replaced by
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cherbourg-Octeville
- owner of
- equestrian statue of Napoleon
- inception
- 2000-02-28
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- Cherbourg-Octeville
- associated electoral district
- canton of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-3
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References and notes
Cherbourg-Octeville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It was formed when Cherbourg and Octeville merged on 28 February 2000. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, of which it became a delegated commune.
Cherbourg-Octeville is represented by a delegate mayor (Sébastien Fagnen, elected in 2017) and a delegate municipal council.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cherbourg-Octeville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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