Plage Napoléon
Plage Napoléon is a beach in Normandy, France. Plage Napoléon is situated nearby to the locality Cherbourg-Octeville, as well as near Les Mielles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Octeville.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
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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 Plage Napoléon.
La Glacerie
Village
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 Plage Napoléon.
Plage Napoléon
Latitude
49.65° or 49° 39′ northLongitude
-1.61667° or 1° 37′ westElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8CXWM92M+28GeoNames ID
3231150
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