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Cherbourg-Octeville: tags: [geography]

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a city and former commune situated at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It is a subprefecture of its department, and was officially formed when the commune of Cherbourg absorbed Octeville on 28 February 2000. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. [...]

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They landed at Barfleur the next day and Aliena foud lodgings in the nearest town, Cherbourg.

Ken Follett. The Pillars of the Earth, p.680 (1990)

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