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Lower Normandy is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Lower and Upper Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.
Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine Nationale.
The arrondissement of Cherbourg is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 144 communes. Its population is 189,748 (2016), and its area is 1,643.9 km2 (634.7 sq mi).
The following is a list of the 27 cantons of the Manche department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Cherbourg's Gare Maritime or Gare Maritime Transatlantique was a railway station at the end of the railway line from Paris' Gare Saint-Lazare and of the short branch from Cherbourg's main station.
The Canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Nord-Ouest in France was situated in the department of Manche and the region of Basse-Normandie.
The Canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Ouest in France was situated in the department of Manche and the region of Basse-Normandie. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Cherbourg-Octeville was its chief town.
The Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière is a private botanical garden located in the Parc de la Fauconnière, Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, Normandy, France. The garden was created in 1870 or 1873 by Alfred Favier and maintained by subsequent family members Léon Favier and Dr. Charles Favier. Today it contains 3,400 taxa, many from the Southern Hemisphere, with eucalyptus, magnolia, and unusual specimens including Ilex nothofagifolia and Pseudopanax laetevirens. It is open by appointment only.
The Canton of Latour-de-France is a French former canton of Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Languedoc-Roussillon. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 10 communes, which joined the new canton of La Vallée de l'Agly in 2015.
Le Trident is a group of three theatres in the city of Cherbourg-Octeville, within the Manche department of Normandy, in northern France.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a commune in the department of Manche, in northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. The commune takes its name from Cherbourg, the main town of the commune, and the Cotentin Peninsula. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel.
The canton of Octeville-sur-Mer is an administrative division of the Seine-Maritime department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Octeville-sur-Mer.
The canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-1 is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
The canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-2 is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
The canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-3 is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
The canton of Équeurdreville-Hainneville is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
The canton of La Hague is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
The canton of Val-de-Saire is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, on the Cotentin Peninsula. It is located in the Manche department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. 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. Its population was 187,335 in 2014, of which 83,790 in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin proper.
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