Cotentin Peninsula

The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy that forms part of the northwest coast of France. It extends north-westward into the , towards Great Britain.
  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: peninsula
  • Also known as: Cherbourg Peninsula

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château de Servigny and Valognes station.

Castle
is a castle.

Railway station
Gare de Valognes is a railway station serving the town , department, northwestern France. It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morville and Lieusaint.

Village
is a commune in the department in in north-western . is situated 3 km south of Cotentin Peninsula.

Village
is a commune in the department in in north-western . is situated 3 km southeast of Cotentin Peninsula.

Village
is a commune in the department of in the of north-western . is situated 3½ km west of Cotentin Peninsula.

Cotentin Peninsula

Latitude
49.5° or 49° 30′ north
Longitude
-1.5° or 1° 30′ west
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
8CXWGG22+22
Geo­Names ID
3023420
Wiki­data ID
Q463529
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Frisian—“Cotentin Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Peninsula de Cotentin
  • Armenian: Կոտանտեն
  • Azerbaijani: Kotentin yarımadası
  • Basque: Cotentin
  • Belarusian: Катантэн
  • Belarusian: Нармандскі паўвостраў
  • Belarusian: паўвостраў Катантэн
  • Belarusian: Шэрбурскі паўвостраў
  • Breton: Cotentin
  • Bulgarian: Котантен
  • Catalan: Península de Cotentin
  • Cebuano: Cotentin
  • Chinese: 科唐坦
  • Chinese: 科唐坦半岛
  • Chinese: 科唐坦半島
  • Chinese: 科坦丁
  • Czech: Cotentin
  • Danish: Cotentin
  • Dutch: Cotentin
  • Esperanto: Cotentin
  • Estonian: Cotentin
  • Extremaduran: Península de Cotentin
  • Finnish: Cotentin
  • French: Costentin
  • French: Cotentin
  • French: Péninsule du Cotentin
  • French: Presqu’île du Cotentin
  • Galician: Cotentín
  • Georgian: კოტანტენი
  • German: Cotentin
  • Greek: Κοταντέν
  • Greek: Χερσόνησος του Κοταντέν
  • Hebrew: קוטנטן
  • Indonesian: Semenanjung Cotentin
  • Italian: Cotentin
  • Italian: Penisola di Cotentin
  • Japanese: コタンタン半島
  • Japanese: ノルマンディー半島
  • Korean: 노르망디 반도
  • Korean: 코탕탱
  • Korean: 코탕탱반도
  • Lithuanian: Kotanteno pusiasalis
  • Macedonian: Котантен
  • Macedonian: Котентин
  • Marathi: कोटेंटिन द्वीपकल्प
  • Narom: Cotentin
  • Narom: Cotentîn
  • Narom: Côtentin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cherbourghalvøya
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cotentin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cotentinhalvøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cherbourghalvøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cotentin-halvøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cotentin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cotentinhalvøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Péninsule du Cotentin
  • Norwegian: Cotentin
  • Occitan (post 1500): Cotentin
  • Persian: شبه‌جزیره کوتنتن
  • Picard: Cotentin
  • Polish: Cotentin
  • Polish: Półwysep Cotentin
  • Portuguese: Cotentin
  • Portuguese: Península do Cotentin
  • Romanian: Peninsula Cotentin
  • Russian: Котантен
  • Russian: Котентен
  • Russian: Нормандский полуостров
  • Russian: Полуостров Котантен
  • Serbian: Cotentin
  • Serbian: Kotentin
  • Serbian: Котентин
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cotentin
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kotanten
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kotentin
  • Spanish: Cotentin
  • Spanish: Peninsula de Contentin
  • Spanish: Península de Contentin
  • Spanish: Peninsula de Cotentin
  • Spanish: Península de Cotentin
  • Swedish: Cotentin
  • Swiss German: Halbinsel Cotentin
  • Tosk Albanian: Halbinsel Cotentin
  • Ukrainian: Котантен
  • Vietnamese: Bán đảo Cotentin
  • Western Frisian: Cotentin

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cotentin and Yvetot-Bocage.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Château de Valognes and Bois de Barnavast.

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