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|---|---|
| Name | Cherbourg-Octeville |
| Longitude | -1.6167 |
| Latitude | 49.633 |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
| Insee | 50129 |
| Postal code | 50100, 50130 |
| Mayor | Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Intercommunality | Cherbourg |
| Elevation max m | 127 |
| Area km2 | 14.26 |
| Population | 42318 |
| Population date | 1999 }} |
Originally just Cherbourg, it was formed when the city absorbed Octeville on 28 February 2000, and was officially renamed Cherbourg-Octeville.
Cherbourg holds an arsenal of the French Navy.
During the Seven Years' War the town was briefly occupied by a British force in the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758. The British destroyed military buildings and warehouses before departing.
In the Napoleonic era the harbour was fortified to prevent British naval incursions. Underwater obstructions were sunk at intervals across the harbour entrance, and then progressively replaced with piles of masonried rubble. Works began in 1784 and were not concluded until 1850, long after Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
On July 31, 1909, tsar Nicholas II and French president Armand Fallières met officially in Cherbourg to reinforce the Franco-Russian Alliance. Cherbourg was the first stop of RMS ''Titanic'' after it left Southampton, England.
On 19 June 1864, the naval engagement between USS ''Kearsarge'' and CSS ''Alabama'' took place off Cherbourg. In November 1984, the French Navy mine hunter Circé discovered a wreck under nearly 60 m (200 ft) of water off Cherbourg. The location of the wreck (WGS84) was 49°45'147N / 001°41'708W. Captain Max Guerout later confirmed the wreck to be of the ''Alabama''.
The Battle of Cherbourg, fought in June 1944 following the Normandy Invasion, ended with the capture of the city on 30 June.
The Norman language writers Alfred Rossel, a native of Cherbourg, composed many songs which form part of the heritage of the region. Rossel's song "Sus la mé" ("on the sea") is often sung as a regional patriotic song. The local dialect is known as Cotentinais.
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Cherbourg-Octeville has previously had services operated by the following operators:
It should be mentioned that Brittany Ferries to Poole briefly stopped their conventional ferry service in early 2010 but resumed it in February 2011; the seasonal catermaran service continues to run, as does the freight service to the Dorset port. Brittany Ferries have introduced more frequent services from Portsmouth to Cherbourg-Octeville with their latest acquisition, "Cap Finistère" (ex- "Superfast V").
In addition to ferry services, the port also handles cruise ships at the Gare Maritime Transatlantique on the Quai de France next to the Cité de la mer and conventional cargo ships in the eastern area of the docks on the Quai des Flamands and Quai des Mielles.
Category:Populated coastal places in France Category:Communes of Manche Category:Subprefectures in France Category:Port cities and towns in France
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| Coordinates | 53°14′″N50°10′″N |
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| bgcolour | silver |
| name | Jacques Demy |
| birth date | June 05, 1931 |
| birth place | Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, Pays-de-la-Loire, France |
| death date | October 27, 1990 |
| death place | Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| spouse | Agnès Varda (1962–90) |
| yearsactive | 1955–88 }} |
Jacques Demy (5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or the political agitation of Jean-Luc Godard, Demy instead created a self-contained fantasy world closer to that of François Truffaut, drawing on musicals, fairytales and the golden age of Hollywood.
''La Baie des Anges'' (''The Bay of Angels'', 1963), starring Jeanne Moreau, took the theme of fate further, with its story of love at the roulette tables.
Demy is best known for his original musical, ''Les Parapluies de Cherbourg'' (''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'', 1964), with a score by Legrand. Although the subversion of established genres was a typically New Wave obsession (notably Godard's playful thriller-cum-sci-fi, ''Alphaville''), Demy was unusual in actually recreating them literally. The whimsical concept of singing all the dialogue sets the tone for this tragedy of the everyday. The film also sees the emergence of Demy's trademark visual style: whereas ''Lola'', filmed by Godard's cinematographer Raoul Coutard, has a New Wave black and white austerity, ''Les Parapluies'' is shot in saturated supercolour, with every detail — neck-ties, wallpaper, even Catherine Deneuve's bleached-blonde hair — selected for maximum visual impact. Interestingly, the young man, Roland Cassard, from ''Lola'' (Marc Michel) reappears here, marrying Deneuve. Such reappearances are typical of Demy's work.
Demy's subsequent films never quite captured audience and critical acclaim the way that "Les Parapluies" had, although he continued to make ambitious and original dramas and musicals. ''Les Demoiselles de Rochefort'' (1967), another whimsical musical, features Deneuve and her real-life sister Françoise Dorléac as sisters living in the seaside town of Rochefort, daughters of Danielle Darrieux. It has stunning color photography, some of the best French songs of the period (it was nominated for an Oscar for best musical score), and breathtaking dancing by Gene Kelly and West Side Story's George Chakiris. Lola reappears in the naturalistic drama Model Shop (1969), his first American film, starring Gary Lockwood as a confused young architect navigating the streets of Los Angeles looking for love and meaning in life. ''Peau d'Âne'' (''Donkey Skin'', 1970) is a visually extravagant musical interpretation of a classic French fairytale which highlights the tale's incestuous overtones, starring Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Delphine Seyrig.
Subsequent films are less highly regarded, but may well be due for reappraisal: David Thomson wrote about "the fascinating application of the operatic technique to an unusually dark story" in ''Une chambre en ville'' (''A Room in Town'', 1982). ''L'événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune (1973) ("A Slightly Pregnant Man")'' is an interesting look back at the pressures of second-wave feminism in France, and the fears it elicited in men. After years of neglect, Demy's strengths have been recognized, and ''Parapluies de Cherbourg'' was digitally restored and reissued to great acclaim in 1998.
Demy was the husband of fellow director Agnès Varda, whose ''Jacquot de Nantes'', a film version of Demy's autobiographical notebooks, is a loving account of Demy's childhood and his lifelong love of theatre and cinema. Demy himself appears in the film in the opening and closing sequences, and at several points throughout.
Jacques Demy died of AIDS (information given in Agnès Varda's 2008 autobiographical movie ''Les Plages d'Agnès'') in 1990 at age 59 and was interred in the Montparnasse Cemetery in Montparnasse.
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