Cotentin Peninsula

Geographical location

The Cotentin Peninsula is a French on the English Channel. It is located in the department of Manche in Basse-Normandie region. Coutances has given the Cotentin his name.

Geologically, the Cotentin Peninsula primarily for the Armorican Massif ( except the zone between Valognes and Carentan, part of the Paris Basin ) and resembles more scenic than the eastern part of Brittany, Normandy. In Jobourg France's oldest rocks are for the digestion. On the coast granites come for digestion, namely Cadomian granites in Auderville and Variscan granites in Flamanville on the one hand, and in Fermanville and Barfleur other. To the east of the peninsula, the landing beaches of World War II start with Utah Beach at Carentan. In Sainte- Mère- Église, the parachute jump took place. At the south end of the west coast of Cotentin is the world heritage site of Mont-Saint -Michel.

The Cotentin belongs mostly to the department Manche, in the east even to the Calvados region. In the south, the peninsula is bordered by the landscape Avranchin around the city of Avranches, on the east by the Bessin.

The largest city on the Cotentin Cherbourg -Octeville. Also known are the reprocessing plant of La Hague and Flamanville nuclear power plant. Other places on the Cotentin include Coutances, Barfleur and Saint- Lô, Bricquebec, Granville, Barneville -Carteret, Carentan and Valognes.

At the Oststränden the peninsula was in World War II on June 6, 1944 D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy instead. Here is located in the swamps and the Regional Natural Park Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin.

West of the peninsula are the members of the British Crown Channel Islands Alderney, Guernsey, Sark, Jersey and other smaller islands. Alderney is only 15 kilometers away from the mainland coast. Along the coast runs for a short distance in the summer months, the museum train Train Touristique du Cotentin.

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