About Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a city in Normandy, France with a population of 26,655. It is the 330th largest of the 640 cities of 15,000 or more listed in France, and the 19,955th largest worldwide. It lies 301 km from Paris.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#9of 27
Coordinates
49.640, -1.616
Record updated
31 March 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 640 in FranceClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.