The Charles X docks (begun in 1814 - 290 × 220 × 18 metres) and Napoleon III (started in 1836 - 420 × 200 × 18 m) of the military port were respectively opened on 25 August 1829, in the presence of the Dauphin, and 7 August 1858, by the Imperial couple. Dairy and vegetable farming are prominent activities, as well as aquaculture of oysters and mussels along the coast. [59] The Bassins quarter, released by the channelling of the Divette and the filling of the retaining channel, is expected to profoundly transform the commercial landscape of the city, carried by the construction of a new shopping centre and the renovation of downtown. Cherbourg, in Normandy, is a port town with a seafaring history that is second to none. Under the Ancien Régime, the safeguarding of the Château de Cherbourg was already the task of illustrious figures of the Kingdom, such as Pierre des Essarts [fr], the family of Matignon [fr] and Jacques de Callières [fr] (d. 1697). Downtown, historic heart of Cherbourg, with the inner city and the districts of La Polle and the Vœu, dating from the 19th century. The Cherbourg population spoke le haguais, a variant of Cotentinais Norman, while having some specifics regarding the pronunciation of certain words. However, the reduction of subsidies and the revolutionary events slowed work down, until its suspension in 1792. In a pooling of means and the establishment of support for the armed forces, the city would retain military and civilian activities, and would host new regiments for the army and of the air force to constitute one of the largest bases of defence. The element kjarr / ker is also found in Normandy in Villequier and Orcher. The Compagnie des transports de Cherbourg (CTC) was created in 1896, connecting the Place de Tourlaville and the Place du Château by a tramway [fr] in Cherbourg, then to Urville. Public employment represents an important part with, in addition to the hospital and schools, municipal and community staff. [7] Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a Maritime prefecture and sub-prefecture of la Manche. The former college, which became high school in 1886, is known by the name of Lycée Victor Grignard (830 students: General and TSG, as well as. Nach Aussage des Eigentümers AREVA (seit 2018 Orano) ist sie die führende industrielle Anlage zur Wiederaufarbeitung benutzter Brennelemente weltweit. [151] Alexandre Dumas also presented the recipe of the "queue de merlan à la mode de Cherbourg " [tail of whiting in the Cherbourg manner], with butter and oysters. It was only his son Charles the Noble who recovered it in 1393. In 1655, Louis Lucas de Néhou built a glass factory which produced windows and mirrors for such buildings as the Galerie des Glaces and Château de Versailles. [63] It is the largest city of the Manche department, and second of Lower Normandy (after Caen), surpassing Alençon, which had been second before the amalgamation. In the 18th century, the economic resources came mainly through maritime trade, the preparation of cured meats and the harbour and breakwater works, plus a moribund textile industry. Following the opening of the CGR [fr] multiplex, the withdrawal of the Soredic [fr], which operated Club 6 (Rue de la Paix) since 1983 and the Odeon (Rue Foch) since 1991, resulted in the closure in 2004 of the first and the revival of the latter city centre cinema, labelled as Art et essai by Fadila Chambelland, the former manager. Its maritime character causes high humidity (84%) and a strong sea wind, commonly stormy but also low seasonal variations of temperature and few days of frost (7.3). Thus, Charles François Dumouriez (1739–1823), Governor of Cherbourg who was responsible for the first work, at the dawn of the French Revolution, Joseph Cachin (1757–1825), engineer assigned by Napoleon to the general direction of the maritime work of Cherbourg in 1804. Built at the level of the sea, the town developed at the foot of the Roule mountain (highest point of the old town) and la Fauconnière. Registered in Parliament 18 December 1771 . The number of fast food outlets doubled between 1995 and 2005, while the strength of the traditional catering has stagnated.[90]. A union of trade unions, left-wing activists and environmentalists, formed around the fear of the "nuclearisation" of Nord-Cotentin, crystallised in January 1979 when the Pacific Fisher landed with the first spent nuclear waste from Japan. [28], The date of Foundation of Cherbourg can not be set precisely, although several local historians, including Robert Lerouvillois, trace the origin of the city to Coriallo (for *Coriovallo) of the Unelli. [162], The statue of Jean-François Millet, inaugurated in the public garden [fr] on 22 September 1892, for the centenary of the First Republic, honours the "painter of peasants", student at the Museum of Cherbourg. Lass dich von den besten Freizeittipps der Region für dein nächstes Abenteuer inspirieren. The work of the seawall and the military port in Cherbourg led many soldiers and engineers, for whom this step was often an important moment in their career. During the 19th century, it extended to the neighbouring annexed territories of Tourlaville and Équeurdreville. Presentations of works by Fra Angelico, Simon Vouet, Camille Claudel, and one of the largest collections of works by Jean-François Millet, as well as paintings by Guillaume Fouace native of Réville or the Navy painters. This name, including the proclamation date of 7 May 1864, could be due to the impact by the local newspapers of the inauguration of the military port by Napoleon III in 1858. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is located at the northern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula, in the department of Manche, of which it is a subprefecture. Beaumont-Hague: La Hague - Hafen, 16.1 km. At the instigation of Colbert, the guild of drapers was founded on 16 April 1668, the manufacture of cloth produced two thousand pieces per year. Therefore, the annual average household income is lower than the national average (€13,730 for the city, compared with €15,027 in France) despite an average monthly salary (€1,590 in 2001) highest job growth of the department and higher than that of Caen-Bayeux (€1,550).[18][79]. Januar 2017) im Département Manche in der Region Normandie.Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Cherbourg und zum Kanton La Hague. His family home in this country hamlet has now been restored and has a collection of furniture including items seen in some of his paintings. [67] Before, the inhabitants of Cherbourg was called the Cherbourgeois and those of Octeville were the Octevillais. However, at that time, the change mainly affected nearby villages that formed an agglomeration in less than forty years. While French was necessary in Rouen in the 19th century, Norman remained widely used from Cherbourg to Caen, up to the First World War. La Hague bildet eine Halbinsel innerhalb der Halbinsel Cotentin. It was evangelised by Saint Éreptiole [fr] in 432, then by Saint Exuperat, Saint Leonicien, and finally Saint Scubilion in 555. The letters were not left with academician Georges Grente (1872–1959), superior of the Saint-Paul Institute, and Ernest Psichari (1883–1914), soldier and writer, whose garrison stay in Cherbourg in 1914 with the 2nd colonial artillery regiment inspires L'Appel des armes. Bordered by the Gulf Stream, it is a land where enthusiastic botanists have grown exotic plants from the southern hemisphere like the botanical garden of Vauville, surrounding the family chateau. The Evangelical Baptist Church has been present since 1985 in the agglomeration and is currently located in Tourlaville. After the closure of Ultrasound in Équeurdreville-Hainneville, a unique room of contemporary music of Nord-Cotentin, several associations have come together within the network "La Voix des oreilles" ["The voice of the ears"] and of the place Épicentre, in the former yacht club on Quai Lawton-Collins,[141] where the festival La Terra Trema takes place. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is also the focus of an important nuclear industry based around the power station at Flamanville and the waste recycling plant at the La Hague site. [19] This line continued, at the beginning of the 20th century, up to the resort of Urville-Nacqueville and was complemented by the Tue-Vâques [fr] which served from Cherbourg to Val de Saire between 1911 and 1950. Cherbourg concentrated 7.7% of the departmental population, twice as much as the prefecture, Saint-Lô, while the agglomeration represents 17% and the urban area 23.5%. Cherbourg's industry was then specialised in shipbuilding, as well as in lace-making and the manufacture of rope. In 2002, it also offloaded the Tourlaville unit to Sanmina-SCI, which relocated its production six years later. These choices are reflected politically into a strong center-left anchor, dominated by Socialist-radicals and independent Socialists, before whom the SFIO and the Socialist Party are not imposed. [156], The hôtel Atlantique [Atlantic Hotel], opposite the maritime station, was also built by René Levavasseur [fr], in iron and cement and in the Art Deco style, for the three transatlantic companies which served Cherbourg, the Cunard Line, the White Star Line and the Red Star Line, grouped into the Société anonyme de l’Hôtel Atlantique. Latitude: 49.677015, Longitude: La Hague ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 11.634 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Die heilige Adelheid, Adela von Frankreich († 1079), Tochter des Königs Robert der Fromme und Ehefrau des Herzogs Richard III. Immobilier La Hague Plus de 4 offres d'annonces immobilières à la vente ou à la location Laforêt, expert Immobilier Immobilier La Hague 50440 : annonces & agences immobilières. [72] The beautification policy, which dates from 1995, resulted in obtaining a first flower, followed by a second in 2000 and third in 2002. The Jacques Prévert Municipal Library, founded in 1831 and opened in 1832, holds the second largest collection in the region, after that of Caen. [116], The main initial budget for 2007 amounted to €73,994,364, divided between the operating section (€54,126,712) and investment section (€19,867,652). Cape La Hague. Can we do all this with public transportation, especially to see Cap de la Hague? The three sea walls cover over 6 km (3.7 mi) combined. Das Kap von La Hague liegt in Auderville. According to Victor Le Sens, it is of religious origin: Fess argent charged of stars represents the belt of the Virgin Mary, one of the two patrons of the city and the number of stars, like the bezants, evokes the Trinity, the other patron of the city. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is located at the northern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula, in the department of Manche, of which it is a subprefecture. In Cotentinais Norman, Cherbourg is called Tchidbouo [tʃidbwu:] and Octeville, Otteville [ɔtvil]. The damaged façade of the old cafe of the Grand balcon, which then became Le Central cinema, is in the style of the Second Empire, with caryatids and garlands of flowers. [169] Numbers were brought to 3,000 men for the completion of the work, by a decree of germinal year XI. The city is today one of the three main judicial hubs of Manche, along with Coutances and Avranches. Octeville-Bourg, from both sides of the Salengro and Barbusse streets. The Basilica of Sainte-Trinité [fr], begun in the 11th century at the request of William the Conqueror, remained the only parish church of the city until the 19th century. Trade employs nearly 1,400 people in the city centre,[89] but the decline in cross-Channel traffic has caused a big shortfall, exacerbated by the fragile local economy. Today, the main welcoming complex of large-scale concerts is the Jean-Jaurès Centre of Équeurdreville-Hainneville. Cherbourg and Octeville experienced two major waves of immigration of Muslim population, the late 1950s and during the 1960s, after the construction of the neighbourhoods of Amont-Quentin, Provinces and Maupas, and then in the 1980s, with the major construction sites of the La Hague reprocessing site and the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant. France 3 Normandie boasts a local editorial office in the city; Cherbourg's edition of La Manche libre [fr] covers the agglomeration, La Hague and the Val de Saire; local television 5050 TV [fr] has installed its headquarters and its main studio in the area. The major decisions of the public authorities, on which Cherbourg has depended for many centuries, and the nuclear industry, caused a deep economic crisis in the 1990s. In la Manche, the Cotentin peninsula is a great destination for those wishing to charge up their batteries and awaken the senses! [159], The Equestrian Statue of Napoleon I [fr] faces the basilica, on the Place Napoléon. Entdecken Sie die Vauban-Türme, die von der UNESCO in die Liste der Weltkulturgüter aufgenommen wurden. [171] However, the Navy in Cherbourg-Octeville would lose 220 jobs, including civilians, through including the division of half of the staff of the Directorate of maritime works, the abolition of 30 posts including 5 civilians in the École des fourriers and the Atomic school, the loss of 27 posts including 14 civilians in the direction of information systems, and the disarmament of the Vulcain, Acharné, Coralline and Élan. Until the destruction of the city walls, the main road called rue de-devant-le-château, was built on its west (east is bordered by ditches) with several houses with arcades, called soliers. The work of the port led the intensification and spread of a modernising and developing Cherbourg, while contractors, owners, and local merchants were getting richer. After the completion of the bypass east of the agglomeration, a western bypass project is under study, and a 'zone' corresponding to the future final route has been selected. The maritime hospital [fr], a former regional hospital of the armies of René-Le-Bas, built by a decision of Napoleon III and opened 15 February 1869, it was decommissioned in 2000 and rehabilitated as an academic and cultural centre in 2002. The Alfred Rossel society makes live folklore and language. It is indicated that the port trade was based on exportation of mules to Réunion and the Antilles, salted meat of pigs and eggs in Britain, wine and brandies, and the import of Scandinavian, Polish and Russian wood, linseed, and hemp. The Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, on the area of Octeville, was built between 1967 and 1969 while the "grand ensemble" of Provinces was born.