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Jobourg
Sign in to saveJobourg () is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. Since 1 January 2017 it has formed part of the new commune La Hague. Jobourg lies near Cap de la Hague on the north-west coast of the Cotentin Peninsula. Its population was 467 in 2022.
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- French commune.INSEE
- 50257
- French commune.name
- Jobourg
- French commune.image
- NezJobourg.jpg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cherbourg
- French commune.canton
- La Hague
- French commune.commune
- La Hague
- French commune.postal code
- 50440
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 128
- French commune.area km2
- 10.15
- French commune.population
- 467
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Jobourg
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Manche
- Population
- 495
- Area
- 10.15
- Elevation
- 126
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Germain-des-Vaux
- Image
- NezJobourg.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jobourg
- postal code
- 50440
- replaced by
- La Hague
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Hague
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Jobourg () is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. Since 1 January 2017 it has formed part of the new commune La Hague. Jobourg lies near Cap de la Hague on the north-west coast of the Cotentin Peninsula. Its population was 467 in 2022.
== Geography == Jobourg is situated at the western end of the La Hague headland, in a landscape of coastal moorland overlooking the English Channel. To the west of the village stands the Nez de Jobourg, a rocky headland whose cliffs rise to about 128 m and are among the highest sea cliffs on the continental European coastline.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jobourg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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