Ruisseau de Trottebec

Ruisseau de Trottebec is a stream in Normandy, France. Ruisseau de Trottebec is situated nearby to the locality Cherbourg-Octeville, as well as near Les Mielles.

Places of Interest

Highlights include French submarine Redoutable and Cité de la Mer.

French submarine Redoutable

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.

Cité de la Mer

Museum

Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.

The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.

Cherbourg Maritime station

Historic building

Photo: Thbz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cherbourg's Gare Maritime or Gare Maritime Transatlantique was a railway station at the end of the railway line from Paris' Gare Saint-Lazare and of the short branch from Cherbourg's main station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Octeville.

Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in Manche, France. Cherbourg is located near the D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed in 1944 during World War II. The town was liberated by American troops shortly after that.

Octeville

Suburb

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Octeville is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Ruisseau de Trottebec.

La Glacerie

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

La Glacerie is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. La Glacerie is situated 6 km southeast of Ruisseau de Trottebec.

Ruisseau de Trottebec

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Le Trottebac Rivière” and “Ruisseau de Trotebec”
Category: body of water
Location: Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude

49.65° or 49° 39′ north

Longitude

-1.61667° or 1° 37′ west

Elevation

2 metres (7 feet)

Open location code

8CXWM92M+28

GeoNames ID

2971577

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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