Cherbourg

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:annualRainfall 900 mm/year
gptkbp:area 14.26 km² (before merger)
gptkbp:averageSpeed 11°C
gptkbp:climate oceanic
gptkbp:coordinates 49.6333° N, 1.6167° W
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:demonym gptkb:Cherbourgeois
gptkbp:department gptkb:Manche
gptkbp:elevation 0–139 m
gptkbp:famousLandmark gptkb:Basilique_Sainte-Trinité
gptkb:Cité_de_la_Mer
gptkb:Fort_du_Roule
gptkb:Cherbourg_Naval_Base
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:The_Umbrellas_of_Cherbourg
gptkbp:founded 9th century
gptkbp:hasHarbor marina
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg_(1944)
D-Day logistics port
gptkbp:homeport marina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cherbourg
gptkbp:INSEE_code 50129
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:military
gptkb:port
harbor
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:France
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Manche_department
gptkbp:mayor Benoît Arrivé (as of 2024, for Cherbourg-en-Cotentin)
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
2016
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Jean-François_Millet
gptkb:Jacques_Prévert
Émile Zola (lived there briefly)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
gptkbp:population about 36,000 (before 2016 merger)
gptkbp:postalCode 50100
gptkbp:railwayStation gptkb:Cherbourg_railway_station
gptkbp:region gptkb:Normandy
gptkbp:timezone CET
gptkbp:timezoneDST CEST
gptkbp:twinnedWith gptkb:Brest
gptkb:Ganesha
gptkb:Bergen
gptkb:Netanya
gptkb:Poole
gptkb:Holzminden
gptkbp:website https://www.cherbourg.fr/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4