Les Mielles

Les Mielles is a locality in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Arrondissement of Cherbourg, Normandy. Les Mielles is situated nearby to the locality Bagatelle, as well as near La Fonderie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include French submarine Redoutable and Cité de la Mer.

French submarine Redoutable

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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

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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 Octeville and La Glacerie.

Octeville

Suburb

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Octeville is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southwest of Les Mielles.

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 5 km southeast of Les Mielles.

Digosville

Village

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Digosville is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. Digosville is situated 6 km east of Les Mielles.

Les Mielles

Type: Locality
Location: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Arrondissement of Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude

49.65° or 49° 39′ north

Longitude

-1.6° or 1° 36′ west

Elevation

2 metres (7 feet)

Open location code

8CXWMC22+22

GeoNames ID

3231094

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