Réservoir du Cauchin

Réservoir du Cauchin is a reservoir in Manche, Normandy. Réservoir du Cauchin is situated nearby to the hamlet Le Chant des Oiseaux, as well as near the suburb Octeville.

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

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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.

The Musée des beaux-arts Thomas Henry is a museum at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with around 300 artworks, mainly paintings from the 15th to 19th centuries. It has been rated as the third most important collection in Normandy.

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.

La Glacerie

Village

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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.