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The largest town on the peninsula is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, a major cross-channel port on the north coast, with a population of approximately 120,000. The population of the peninsula is about 250,000. The western coast of the peninsula, known as the Côte des Îles ("Islands Coast"), faces the Channel Islands
It was created in January 2017 by the merger of 9 communautés de communes and the 2 new communes Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and La Hague. [1] Its area is 1439.4 km 2 . Its population was 179,484 in 2018, of which 79,144 in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin proper.
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km 2 Manche ( / m ɒ̃ ʃ / , French pronunciation: [mɑ̃ʃ] ⓘ ; Norman : Maunche ) is a coastal French département in Normandy on the English Channel , which is known as La Manche , literally "the sleeve", in French.
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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁbuʁ ɑ̃ kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; Norman: Tchidbouo) is a port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. [3] The commune takes its name from Cherbourg, the main town of the commune, and from the Cotentin Peninsula.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Valognes ( French pronunciation: [valɔɲ] ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France .
Vesly (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.It has a population of approximately 700 people. It is located on the Cotentin Peninsula, about 6 km from the sea, 44 km south of Cherbourg and 83 km west of Caen.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sovœʁ lə vikɔ̃t] ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France . [ 3 ]