Introduction
This article is about the city established in 2016. For the commune that existed between 2000 and 2016, see Cherbourg-Octeville. For other uses, see Cherbourg (disambiguation). You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French.  (February 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Cherbourg-en-Cotentin}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. Subprefecture and commune in Normandy, FranceCherbourg-en-Cotentin Tchidbouo (Norman)Subprefecture and communeAn aerial view of CherbourgLocation of Cherbourg-en-CotentinCherbourg-en-CotentinShow map of FranceCherbourg-en-CotentinShow map of NormandyCoordinates: 49°38′20″N 1°37′30″W / 49.639°N 1.625°W / 49.639; -1.625CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentMancheArrondissementCherbourgCanton6 cantonsIntercommunalityCA CotentinGovernment • Mayor (2026–32) Camille MargueritteArea168.54 km2 (26.46 sq mi)Population (2023)78,258 • Density1,142/km2 (2,957/sq mi)DemonymCherbourgeoisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code50129 /50100Websitewww.cherbourg.fr1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁbuʁ ɑ̃ kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; lit. 'Cherbourg-in-Cotentin'; Norman: Tchidbouo), commonly known as Cherbourg, is a major port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. The commune takes its name from Cherbourg, the main town of the commune, and from the Cotentin Peninsula. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a maritime prefecture and a subprefecture of Manche. The merger makes it the most populous commune in the department, with 79,144 inhabitants as of 2018 (of which 35,545 in Cherbourg-Octeville) and the largest city of the department, ahead of the Saint-Lô prefecture, and the second-largest city in the region, after Caen. Its urban unit is composed of three communes (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Martinvast and Tollevast) and has 81,963 inhabitants (2018). Its larger functional area covers 77 communes and had 152,630 inhabitants as of 2018.