Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin

Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, on the Cotentin Peninsula. It is located in the Manche department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of 9 communautés de communes and the 2 new communes Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and La Hague. Its area is 1439.4 km2. Its population was 179,484 in 2018, of which 79,144 in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin proper.

Cotentin
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
No. of communes129
Established2017
SeatCherbourg-en-Cotentin
Area
1,439.4 km2 (555.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
179,484
  Density125/km2 (320/sq mi)
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