Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in Manche, France. Wikivoyage
Population 78,258 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in France
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Monument à Armand de Bricqueville Memorial · 880 m -
Fort du Roule Attraction · 350 m -
Musée Thomas Henry Museum · 660 m - Batterie du Roule Museum · 310 m
- Musée de la Libération Museum · 340 m
- Les galets d'Urville Gallery · 890 m
- Plaque commémorative Éva Joseph Memorial · 930 m
- Artothèque Gallery · 700 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
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Comptoir des halles
Alimentation générale, café, restaurant. Halles - Shopping et vente au détail - Boucherie, charcuterie, traiteur, fromagerie - crèmerie, primeur, épicerie, cave - Café, restaurant.
- Monday: closed
- Tuesday: 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Wednesday: 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Thursday: 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Friday: 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Saturday: 09:00–19:30
- Sunday: 09:00–13:00
Times vary by day
- Tuesday
- 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Wednesday
- 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Thursday
- 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Friday
- 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:30
- Saturday
- 09:00–19:30
- Sunday
- 09:00–13:00
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.