Manche
Arrondissement of Cherbourg
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is a commune in the department in in north-western . It is particularly known for being a major site of fortifications designed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban: the watchtowers of Tatihou and La Hougue having been listed in 2008 as part of the Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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  • Type: Village with 1,680 residents
  • Description: commune in Manche, France
  • Also known as: “La Hogue”, “La Hougue”, “Port-la-Hougue”, “Saint-Vaast”, and “Saint-Vaast (devenue Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue)”
  • Postal codes: 50550 and 50550

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Vaast, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and La Chapelle des Marins à Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quettehou and Morsalines.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km west of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

Village
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is a former commune in the department in in north-western . On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune . is situated 3½ km southwest of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in north-western . is situated 4 km northwest of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Latitude
49.5877° or 49° 35′ 16″ north
Longitude
-1.26622° or 1° 15′ 58″ west
Population
1,680
Name during the French Revolution
“La Hougue”
Name during the French Revolution
“Port-la-Hougue”
Open location code
8CXWHPQM+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26697654
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2976712
Wiki­data ID
Q627585
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Aragonese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Arpitan: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Asturian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Bambara: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Basque: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Bavarian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Breton: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Buginese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Cajun French: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Catalan: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Catalan: “Saint-Vaast”
  • Cebuano: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Chechen: “Сен-Ва-ла-Уг”
  • Chinese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Chinese: “圣瓦拉乌格”
  • Chinese: “圣瓦阿斯拉乌盖”
  • Chinese: “聖瓦拉烏格”
  • Corsican: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Croatian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Czech: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Danish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Dutch: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Esperanto: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Estonian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Faroese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Finnish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • French: “50562”
  • French: “La Hougue”
  • French: “Port-la-Hougue”
  • French: “Rideauville”
  • French: “Saint-Vaast (devenue Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue)”
  • French: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • French: “Saint-Vaast-Tatihou”
  • French: “Saint-Vaast”
  • French: “Samt-Vaast”
  • Friulian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Galician: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • German: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Greek: “Σαιν-Βα-λα-Ουγκ”
  • Hungarian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Icelandic: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Ido: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Indonesian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Interlingua: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Interlingue: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Irish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Italian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Japanese: “サン・ヴァースト・ラ・オーグ”
  • Japanese: “サン＝ヴァースト＝ラ＝ウーグ”
  • Kabyle: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Kalaallisut: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Kazakh: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Kazakh: “Sen-Va-la-Wg”
  • Kazakh: “Сен-Ва-ла-Уг”
  • Kazakh: “سەن-ۆا-لا-ۋگ”
  • Kongo: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Ladin: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Latin: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Latvian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Ligurian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Limburgan: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Lithuanian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Low German: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Luxembourgish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Malagasy: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Malay: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Minangkabau: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Narom: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Neapolitan: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Papiamento: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Picard: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Piemontese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Polish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Portuguese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Prussian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Romagnol: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Romanian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Romansh: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Russian: “Сен-Ва-ла-Уг”
  • Sardinian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Scots: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Serbian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Sicilian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Slovak: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Slovenian: “La Hougue”
  • Slovenian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Spanish: “Saint Vaast la Hougue”
  • Spanish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Spanish: “Saint-Vaast”
  • Swahili: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Swiss German: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Tatar: “Сен-Ва-ла-Уг”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Ва-ла-Уг”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Вааст-ла-Уг”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Вааст-ла-Уґ”
  • Uzbek: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Venetian: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Vietnamese: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Vlaams: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Volapük: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Walloon: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Welsh: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Wolof: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • Zulu: “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”
  • “Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue”

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