Cherbourg Naval Base
Cherbourg Naval Base is a naval base in Cherbourg Harbour, Cherbourg, Manche department, Normandy. The town has been a base of the French Navy since the opening of the military port in 1813.Photo: Steff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Naval base
- Description: naval base in Cherbourg, France
- Also known as: “arsenal de Chebourg”, “Chebourg arsenal”, and “Port militaire - Arsenal de Cherbourg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include French submarine Redoutable and Cité de la Mer.
French submarine Redoutable
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. French submarine Redoutable is situated 1¼ km southeast of Cherbourg Naval Base.
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. Cité de la Mer is situated 1¼ km southeast of Cherbourg Naval Base.
Cherbourg Maritime station
Historic building
Photo: Thbz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Cherbourg Maritime station is situated 1¼ km southeast of Cherbourg Naval Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Octeville and Querqueville.
Octeville
Suburb
Photo: Xfigpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Octeville is a suburb, which is situated 3 km south of Cherbourg Naval Base.
Querqueville
Suburb
Photo: Thbz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Querqueville 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. Querqueville is situated 4½ km west of Cherbourg Naval Base.
Nouainville
Village
Photo: Buffoleo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nouainville is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Nouainville is situated 5 km southwest of Cherbourg Naval Base.
Cherbourg Naval Base
- Categories: port and military installation
- Location: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Arrondissement of Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.65302° or 49° 39′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.63249° or 1° 37′ 57″ westOpen location code
8CXWM939+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 984780191OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=naval_baseWikidata ID
Q3398673
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Cherbourg Naval Base” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cherbourgeko portu militarra”
- Catalan: “Arsenal de Cherbourg”
- Chinese: “瑟堡兵工廠”
- Chinese: “瑟堡军港”
- Chinese: “瑟堡海軍基地”
- Chinese: “瑟堡軍港”
- Chinese: “瑟堡造船廠”
- Dutch: “Cherbourg Naval Base”
- Finnish: “Arsenal de Cherbourg”
- French: “Arsenal de Cherbourg”
- French: “port militaire de Cherbourg”
- French: “Port militaire de cherbourg”
- French: “Port militaire de Cherbourg”
- Hebrew: “בסיס הצי הצרפתי בשרבור”
- Italian: “Arsenale di Cherbourg”
- Japanese: “シェルブール海軍基地”
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