The Cotentin Peninsula (US: /ˌkoʊtɒ̃ˈtæ̃/, French: [kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; Norman: Cotentîn [kotɑ̃ˈtẽ] ), also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in...
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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...
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Cotentin is a ROPAX ferry owned and operated by Brittany Ferries between Poole and Cherbourg from January until March 2021 and then Portsmouth and Le Havre...
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The Cotentin Donkey, French: Âne du Cotentin, is a breed of domestic donkey from the Cotentin peninsula, in the département of la Manche, in the Lower...
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Orelsan (redirect from Aurelien Cotentin)
Aurélien Cotentin (French pronunciation: [ɔʁeljɛ̃ kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; born 1 August 1982), better known by his stage name Orelsan (French: [ɔʁɛlsan]; sometimes...
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Caux and the region to the west through the Pays d'Auge as far as the Cotentin Peninsula and Channel Islands. Western Normandy belongs to the Armorican...
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of the line which were immobilized for repairs in port at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. On 27 June 1693, he defeated an Anglo-Dutch convoy led by George Rooke...
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Normandy landings (section Cotentin Peninsula)
sites for the landings: Brittany, the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, and the Pas-de-Calais. As Brittany and Cotentin are peninsulas, it would have been possible...
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Battle of Cherbourg (category History of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin)
the Cotentin Peninsula, was the largest port accessible from the landings. The Allied planners decided at first not to land directly on the Cotentin Peninsula...
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d'agglomération du Cotentin is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, on the Cotentin Peninsula...
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On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. The Chapel of Saint Germanus (Chapelle Saint-Germain) with its trefoil...
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County of Cotentin in western Normandy from Robert, but his brothers deposed him in 1091. He gradually rebuilt his power base in the Cotentin and allied...
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The Carrossier noir du Cotentin (black carriage horse) is a large, black, pulling horse breed unique to Cotentin. It was regularly described and quoted...
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Jersey and Sark, and Jersey and the Cotentin) Le Raz Blanchard, or Race of Alderney (between Alderney and the Cotentin) The Great Russel (between Sark, Jéthou...
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sites for the landings: Brittany, the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, and the Pas de Calais. As Brittany and Cotentin are peninsulas, the Germans could have...
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a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged...
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The Chemin de fer touristique du Cotentin is a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge heritage railway and voluntary association in Normandy, France....
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Danes. As a result, Richard was forced to repel an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by Ethelred. Ethelred had given orders that Richard...
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Bricquebec-en-Cotentin (French pronunciation: [bʁikbɛk ɑ̃ kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃], literally Bricquebec in Cotentin) is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern...
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rebuilt, it once again became the capital. The department includes the Cotentin Peninsula down to the famous Mont St Michel. Of the Channel Islands, only...
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westernmost of the five code-named landing beaches in Normandy, Utah is on the Cotentin Peninsula, west of the mouths of the Douve and Vire rivers. Amphibious...
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the assaults of the Vikings, the king of the Franks agreed to grant the Cotentin Peninsula and the Avranchin, including Mont-Saint-Michel traditionally...
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Barony of Halton (section Nigel of Cotentin)
Wales. In 1071, the Earl of Chester, Hugh Lupus, made his cousin, Nigel of Cotentin, the 1st Baron of Halton. Halton was a village in Cheshire which is now...
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Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis ɑ̃ kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; literally "Saint-Maurice in Cotentin") is a commune in the Manche department...
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second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located 27 miles (43 km) west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey...
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identical to the Cotentin from keel to deck five. The first deck of passenger space is on deck six rather than deck 7 as on the Cotentin. Initial artist...
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On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin. The inhabitants are called Quettetotais. Communes of the Manche department...
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558 57 Le Tampon Réunion Réunion 69,849 76,090 79,824 58 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Manche Normandy 78,549 59 Rueil-Malmaison Hauts-de-Seine Île-de-France...
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On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, of which it became a delegated commune. Its population was 35,338 in 2019...
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is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles (23 km) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey...
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