Cherbourg

E43987

commune of France port city

Cherbourg is a major French port city on the Cotentin Peninsula, known for its strategic naval harbor and cross-Channel ferry connections.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	36
Cherbourg canonical	25
Cherbourg, France	3
Cherbourg naval facilities	1
Cherbourg-Octeville	1
Port of Cherbourg	1
Ville de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T127715 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cherbourg
Context triple: [English Channel, hasMajorPort, Cherbourg]

A. Calais
Calais is a major French port city on the northern coast, serving as one of the primary crossing points between France and England.
B. Nantes
Nantes is a historic port city in western France on the Loire River, known for its maritime heritage, cultural institutions, and vibrant arts scene.
C. Reims
Reims is a historic city in northeastern France known for its Gothic cathedral, role in French coronations, and significance during both World Wars.
D. Courseulles-sur-Mer
Courseulles-sur-Mer is a coastal town in Normandy, France, known for its role in the D-Day landings and its proximity to the historic Allied invasion beaches.
E. Normandy
Normandy is a historic region in northern France, famous for its medieval duchy, its role in the Norman Conquest of England, and as the site of the D-Day landings in World War II.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cherbourg
Target entity description: Cherbourg is a major French port city on the Cotentin Peninsula, known for its strategic naval harbor and cross-Channel ferry connections.

A. Calais
Calais is a major French port city on the northern coast, serving as one of the primary crossing points between France and England.
B. Nantes
Nantes is a historic port city in western France on the Loire River, known for its maritime heritage, cultural institutions, and vibrant arts scene.
C. Reims
Reims is a historic city in northeastern France known for its Gothic cathedral, role in French coronations, and significance during both World Wars.
D. Courseulles-sur-Mer
Courseulles-sur-Mer is a coastal town in Normandy, France, known for its role in the D-Day landings and its proximity to the historic Allied invasion beaches.
E. Normandy
Normandy is a historic region in northern France, famous for its medieval duchy, its role in the Norman Conquest of England, and as the site of the D-Day landings in World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune of France ⓘ port city ⓘ
capturedBy	Allied forces in 1944 ⓘ
Cité de la MerExhibit	submarine Le Redoutable ⓘ
connectsByFerryTo	Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Channel Islands Cork city ⓘ surface form: Cork Dublin ⓘ Poole ⓘ Portsmouth ⓘ Rosslare ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
demonym	Cherbourgeois ⓘ
formerNameOf	Cherbourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
hasClimate	oceanic climate ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	naval defense industry ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHarborType	artificial harbor ⓘ deep-water port ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus	subprefecture ⓘ
hasMuseum	Cité de la Mer ⓘ
hasNavalBase	French Navy base ⓘ
hasPortFunction	ferry terminal ⓘ fishing port ⓘ marina ⓘ
hasPortOperator	Cherbourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port of Cherbourg
hasRailConnectionTo	Caen ⓘ Paris ⓘ Rennes ⓘ
historicalEvent	World War II Battle of Cherbourg ⓘ
INSEECODE	50129 ⓘ
knownFor	commercial port ⓘ cross-Channel ferry connections ⓘ military port ⓘ strategic naval harbor ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ surface form: Normandy Western France ⓘ surface form: northwestern France
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ surface form: Lower Normandy
locatedOn	English Channel ⓘ
mergedInto	Cherbourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
mergerDate	2016 ⓘ
nearestLargeWaterBody	Baie de Seine ⓘ surface form: Baie de la Seine
partOf	Manche department ⓘ
postalCode	50100 ⓘ
region	Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ surface form: Normandy
strategicImportance	Atlantic and Channel naval defense ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ

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Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English Channel → hasMajorPort → Cherbourg ⓘ

French Navy → mainNavalBase → Cherbourg ⓘ

Georges Sorel → placeOfBirth → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Channel → hasMajorPort → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Mor Breizh → hasMajorPort → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

SS Jeremiah O’Brien → visitedPort → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg, France

Normandy → contains → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Cherbourg → mergedInto → Cherbourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Cherbourg → formerNameOf → Cherbourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Cherbourg → hasPortOperator → Cherbourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Cherbourg

French Fusiliers Marins → garrisonLocation → Cherbourg ⓘ

Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest → servedCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

French Surface Fleet → garrison → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg naval facilities

Manche → subprefecture → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Manche → containsCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Henry Moret → placeOfBirth → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg, France

SS Nomadic → servedPort → Cherbourg ⓘ

Cotentin Peninsula → hasMajorCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Cotentin Peninsula → containsTown → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Carentan → nearbyCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Manche department → subprefecture → Cherbourg ⓘ

subject surface form: Manche

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Manche department → hasMajorTown → Cherbourg ⓘ

subject surface form: Manche

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Gréville-Hague → locatedWestOf → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

commune of Granville → locatedSouthOf → Cherbourg ⓘ

subject surface form: Granville

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Roland Barthes → placeOfBirth → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

TER Normandie → connectsCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Paris–Caen–Cherbourg → terminus → Cherbourg ⓘ

Paris–Caen–Cherbourg → connectsCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

Paris–Caen–Cherbourg → servesPortCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Paris–Caen–Cherbourg → namedAfter → Cherbourg ⓘ

Paris–Cherbourg railway → terminus → Cherbourg ⓘ

Paris–Cherbourg railway → connects → Cherbourg ⓘ

Paris–Cherbourg railway → endOfLinePort → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-Octeville

Paris–Cherbourg railway → endingPoint → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Rosslare Europort → hasRouteTo → Cherbourg ⓘ

Normandy (administrative region) → contains → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

arrondissement of Cherbourg → capital → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

arrondissement of Cherbourg → namedAfter → Cherbourg ⓘ

arrondissement of Cherbourg → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

arrondissement of Cherbourg → administrativeCenter → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

arrondissement of Cherbourg → hasPortCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

arrondissement of Cherbourg → hasUrbanCenter → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

N13 road → connects → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

N13 road → terminusB → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Cherbourgeois → associatedCity → Cherbourg ⓘ

Cherbourgeois → etymologicallyDerivedFrom → Cherbourg ⓘ

World War II Battle of Cherbourg → location → Cherbourg ⓘ

Cité de la Mer → locatedIn → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Cité de la Mer → locatedIn → Cherbourg ⓘ

Cité de la Mer → municipality → Cherbourg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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