Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Subprefecture and commune
An aerial view of Cherbourg
Location of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
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Coordinates: 49°38′20″N 1°37′30″W / 49.639°N 1.625°W / 49.639; -1.625
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	6 cantons
Intercommunality	CA Cotentin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît Arrivé[1]
Area 1	68.54 km2 (26.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	77,808
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50129 /50100
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel.

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a maritime prefecture and a sub-prefecture of Manche. The merger makes it the most populous commune in the department, with 79,144 inhabitants as of 2018 (of which 35,545 in Cherbourg-Octeville)^[4] and the largest city of the department, ahead of the Saint-Lô prefecture, and the second-largest city in the region, after Caen. Its urban unit is composed of three communes (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Martinvast and Tollevast)^[5] and has 81,963 inhabitants (2018). Its larger functional area covers 77 communes and had 152,630 inhabitants as of 2018.^[6]