Editing Cherbourg (section)

==Local life==
===Education===
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| School of Quartermasters || align=right| 768
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| [[IUT Cherbourg-Manche]] || align=right| 573
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| BTS and various preparation ||align=right| 349
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| School of Engineering (Esix) ||align=right|270
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| Institute of Nursing || align=right| 215
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| Licences and university diplomas ||align=right|191
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| {{Interlanguage link|Institut national des sciences et techniques de la mer|fr|3=Institut national des sciences et techniques de la mer|lt=Intechmer}} ||align=right| 153
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| School of Fine Arts of Cherbourg-Octeville ||align=right| 46
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|[[École des applications militaires de l'énergie atomique|EAMEA]] || align=right| 39
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| ECD – School of Trade and Distribution || align=right| 22
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| National Institute of science and nuclear technology || align=right| 8
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[[File:École d'ingénieurs de l'université de Caen.jpg|thumb|right|The Engineering School of Cherbourg, on the main university campus.]]

Two {{Interlanguage link|Zone d'éducation prioritaire|fr|3=Zone d'éducation prioritaire|lt=ZEP}} have been defined, one being on Cherbourg territory in the Quarter of Maupas, the other straddling Cherbourg and Octeville, in the quarter of the Provinces.

Cherbourg-Octeville has six high schools:

*The former college, which became high school in 1886, is known by the name of Lycée Victor Grignard (830 students: General and TSG, as well as {{Interlanguage link|Classes préparatoires scientifiques|fr|3=Classes préparatoires scientifiques|lt=scientific preparatory classes}}).
*The Lycée Jean-François Millet (1,210 students: General sector, preparatory health, [[Khâgne|preparatory literary classes]]).
*The Lycée Alexis de Tocqueville (1,480 students: General sector, technical, professional and higher education -BTS-).
*The Ingénieur-Cachin private professional high school (320 students).
*The Thomas Hélye private high school, the Sainte-Chantal private lycée and the La Bucaille technological lycée (1,005 students, courses) general and technical.
*The aquaculture and marine high school (102 pupils). On 28 June 2013, this became the professional maritime and aquaculture lycée {{Interlanguage link|Daniel Rigolet|fr}}.

The university campus, installed on the heights of Octeville, focuses the [[Cherbourg School of Engineering]], the [[IUT Cherbourg-Manche]] (which hosts approximately 1,000 students in initial or continuing education through four DUT departments, four pro licenses, one DU, a DCEF and a DAEU), as well as two branches of the [[University of Caen Lower Normandy|University of Caen]] (UFR sciences and UFR modern foreign languages). The Pasteur hospital houses the Institute of training in nursing of Cherbourg-Octeville. The Group FIM, training service of the two [[chamber of commerce|chambers of commerce and industry]] of la Mancha, manages the school of trade and distribution, and since 2007, the Institute of promotion and marketing boating, forming alternating a fortnight of accreditation in the field of boating (shipbuilding, nautical services company, marinas, etc.).

The Institute of the Film Industry of Normandy is installed as a result of the [[École Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation|International School of Audiovisual Creation and Realisation]] (EICAR) on the site of the former {{Interlanguage link|Hôpital des armées René-Le-Bas|fr|3=Hôpital des armées René-Le-Bas|lt=maritime hospital}}. It is complemented by the training of apprentices of the Performing Arts and Audiovisual Centre, while the {{Interlanguage link|École supérieure d'arts et médias de Caen - Cherbourg|fr|lt=School of Fine Arts}} (Esbaco), founded in 1912 by Henri Buffet design Professor and Professor of modelling Félix Delteil, is located in the former convent of the [[Little Sisters of the Poor]] (Bassins zone) since 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/cherbourg_octeville/culture/ecole_des_beaux-arts/default.asp|title=Cherbourg-Octeville et son école, petite chronologie de l'Esbaco|work=City of Cherbourg-Octeville|access-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328141117/http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/cherbourg_octeville/culture/ecole_des_beaux-arts/default.asp|archive-date=28 March 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Cherbourg-Octeville welcomes the {{Interlanguage link|School of the military applications of Atomic Energy|fr|3=École des applications militaires de l'énergie atomique|lt=School of the Military Applications of Atomic Energy}} (EAMEA, 351 students) and the [[Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires|National Institute of Science and Nuclear Technology]] - remains of the importance of the army in the city - while the School of the Quartermasters (between 600 and 700 students) is located at [[Querqueville]].

The town also hosts the {{Interlanguage link|National Institute of Science and Technology of the Sea|fr|3=Institut national des sciences et techniques de la mer|lt=National Institute of Science and Technology of the Sea}} (Intechmer), Tourlaville.

===Sport===
The first horse race organised in Normandy took place in Cherbourg in September 1836 on the (now gone) beachfront along the ''boulevard maritime'', at the initiative of {{Interlanguage link|Éphrem Houël|fr}}, the officer of the stud. The races settled in 1931 on the Lande Saint-Gabriel Racecourse in Tourlaville, the work of {{Interlanguage link|René Levavasseur (architect)|fr|3=René Levavasseur (architecte)|lt=René Levavasseur}}, and the {{Interlanguage link|Hippodrome de La Glacerie|fr}} from 1990.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.mairie-tourlaville.fr/fr/tourisme/tourisme_et_patrimoine/dossiers_en_consultation/fichiers/pages_de_reflets_113_septembre_2006.pdf|title=Ephrem Houël Du Hamel De Montrabot et les courses de trot en Normandie|journal=Reflets|issue=113|publisher=Town Hall of [[Tourlaville]]|date=September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123041415/http://www.mairie-tourlaville.fr/fr/tourisme/tourisme_et_patrimoine/dossiers_en_consultation/fichiers/pages_de_reflets_113_septembre_2006.pdf|archive-date=2006-11-23|access-date=2015-11-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In [[Association football|football]], [[AS Cherbourg Football]], after decades at the national level, is changing, as a result of bad sports results and financial problems, since 2014 in the {{Interlanguage link|Ligue de Basse-Normandie de football|fr}}, equivalent to the 6th division, and is based at the {{Interlanguage link|Stade Maurice-Postaire|fr|3=Stade Maurice-Postaire|lt=Maurice-Postaire stadium}}. The club has also two other senior male teams in the League of Lower Normandy.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bassenormandie.fff.fr/competitions/php/club/club_classement.php?cl_no=278|title=Ligue Basse-Normandie – AS Cherbourg F}}</ref>

Three other clubs have teams in {{Interlanguage link|District départemental de football|fr|3=District départemental de football|lt=district divisions}}:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bassenormandie.fff.fr/|title=Ligue Basse-Normandie}}, {{cite web|url=http://bassenormandie.fff.fr/competitions/php/club/club_classement.php?cl_no=1105|title=Patronage laiq. Octeville}}, {{cite web|url=http://bassenormandie.fff.fr/competitions/php/club/club_classement.php?cl_no=3889|title=A.S. Arsenal maritime Cherbourg}}, {{cite web|url=http://bassenormandie.fff.fr/competitions/php/club/club_classement.php?cl_no=9201|title=Gazélec F.C.}}.</ref>

*The ''Patronage laïque d'Octeville'' [Secular Patronage of Octeville] (three teams)
*The ''Association sportive de l'Arsenal maritime de Cherbourg'' [Sporting Association of the Marine Arsenal of Cherbourg] (one team)
*Gazélec Football Club (two teams)

The Association sportive Amont-Quentin, which had two district teams until June 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bassenormandie.fff.fr/competitions/php/club/club_classement.php?cl_no=8499|title= A.S. Amont Quentin}}</ref> had to cease its activities. The Octeville Hague Sport, which was developing its teams in 2013–2014, was unable to present any team for the 2014–2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ohs-club.footeo.com/actualite/2014/07/24/fermeture-temporaire-de-la-section-football-saison-2014-15.html|title=Fermeture temporaire de la section football saison 2014/15|work=Octeville Hague Sport|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926025523/http://ohs-club.footeo.com/actualite/2014/07/24/fermeture-temporaire-de-la-section-football-saison-2014-15.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In cycling, Cherbourg has been a city of arrival for the [[Tour de France]] on sixteen occasions: 1911 to 1914 (four consecutive years), from 1919 to 1929 (eleven consecutive years), and finally in [[1986 Tour de France|1986]]. Cherbourg was a departure city in [[1994 Tour de France|1994]]. The second stage of the [[2016 Tour de France]] finishes at Cherbourg.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Grand Départ du Tour de France 2016 : la Manche, première !|url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/fr/avant-course/actus/ahc/grand-depart-du-tour-de-france-2016-la-manche-premiere.html|work=Letour.fr|date=9 December 2014|access-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926012321/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/fr/avant-course/actus/ahc/grand-depart-du-tour-de-france-2016-la-manche-premiere.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Cherbourg regularly hosts stages of sailing competitions such as the [[Solitaire du Figaro]], the {{Interlanguage link|Course de l'Europe|fr}}, the [[Challenge Mondial Assistance]], the [[Tour de France à la voile]], and the [[Tall Ships' Races|Tall Ships' Race]].

The [[Challenger La Manche]] is a professional tennis tournament ($50,000 plus accommodation) held annually in Cherbourg since 1994.

In ice hockey, NC'HOP ({{Interlanguage link|Nord Cotentin Hockey Plus|fr}}, the ''Cherbourg Vikings'') was based in the city. The team was the successor to CHOC (Cherbourg Hockey Club), who played in [[FFHG Division 1]] until filing for bankruptcy in 1996. NC'HOP left the competition in 2010.

AS Cherbourg men's basketball team plays in {{Interlanguage link|Championnat de France de basket-ball de Nationale masculine 2|fr|3=Championnat de France de basket-ball de Nationale masculine 2|lt=National 2}} and the women's team in the Prenational league.

The {{Interlanguage link|Jeunesse sportive de Cherbourg|fr}} has a male handball team in {{Interlanguage link|Championnat de France de handball masculin de Division 2|fr|3=Championnat de France de handball masculin de Division 2|lt=Pro D2}} and a women's team in {{Interlanguage link|Championnat de France de handball féminin de Nationale 3|fr|3=Championnat de France de handball féminin de Nationale 3|lt=Nationale 3}} (agreement with [[Tourlaville]]). The club has also implemented a structured training programme for young people, from the 2009/2010 season, around a partnership with colleges of the city.

===Health===
[[File:CHPC Cherbourg1.jpg|thumb|right|The main front of the Pasteur Hospital.]]

Cherbourg-Octeville has two hospitals:

*The Pasteur Central Hospital, public, second establishment of Lower Normandy with 711 beds and places.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recomposition-hospitaliere.sante.gouv.fr/d291205.php|title=Création du centre hospitalier public du Cotentin (CHPC) issu de la fusion des CH Louis Pasteur de Cherbourg-Octeville et de Valognes|language=fr|trans-title=Creation of the public hospital in the Cotentin peninsula (CHPC) resulting from the merger of the Louis Pasteur Central Hospital of Cherbourg - Octeville and Valognes|work=Observatoire des recompositions des activités des établissements de santé|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203090046/http://www.recomposition-hospitaliere.sante.gouv.fr/d291205.php|archive-date=3 February 2006}}</ref> With a joint medical project since 2001 and a communal direction since 2003, the Pasteur Centre and the Central Hospital of Valognes merged in 2006 within the {{Interlanguage link|Centre hospitalier public du Cotentin|fr}} (2,000 officials, more than 1,000 beds, and a 2005 budget of €133 million)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ch-cotentin.fr/web/menuChiffrescles.do|title=Chiffres clés|language=fr|trans-title=Key Figures|work=Centre hospitalier du Cotentin|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>
*The Polyclinic of the Cotentin, at the border between Octeville and [[Équeurdreville-Hainneville]] (102 beds).

The Gros Hêtre medicalised residence for elderly (a branch of the public hospital in the Cotentin) and, since 1999, the Jean-Brüder Community Health Centre are located on the territory of Octeville.

In 1859, following the Imperial visit, the State decided upon the construction of a {{Interlanguage link|Hôpital des armées René-Le-Bas|fr|3=Hôpital des armées René-Le-Bas|lt=Maritime Hospital}} of a thousand beds to accommodate the troops in garrison. Opened on 15 February 1869, it was renamed René-Le-Bas, named after the first doctor who joined the Free Naval Forces and died in 1942 aboard the submarine [[French submarine Surcouf|''Surcouf'']]. It was closed in 2002 and renovated as a university campus.

===Religion===
Attached to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances|Diocese of Coutances-Avranches]], until 1 September 2009 the deanery of Cherbourg covered the territory of the urban community and the bordering communes of [[Tonneville]], [[Urville-Nacqueville]], and those of the former [[Communauté de communes de la Saire]], and the [[Communauté de communes de Douve et Divette]]. To this date, it is merged to the deanery of [[La Hague]], to become the {{Interlanguage link|Deanery of Cherbourg-Hague|fr|3=Doyenné de Cherbourg-Hague}}, therefore adding the parishes covering the {{Interlanguage link|Communauté de communes de la Hague|fr|3=Communauté de communes de la Hague|lt=Community of communes of La Hague}} and of [[Communauté de communes des Pieux|Les Pieux]]. Jean-XXIII parish unites Cherbourg and La Glacerie, with the Cherbourg churches of La Trinité (long only parish church), Notre-Dame-du-Roule, Notre-Dame-du-Vœu, St-Jean-des-Carrières and Saint-Clément. The parish of Saint-Sauveur of Octeville, which also covers [[Nouainville]] has three sites in the commune: Saint-Martin, the historic site, Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul, at Provinces, and the Chapel of Saint-Barthélemy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catholique-cherbourg.cef.fr/|title=Doyenné de Cherbourg-Hague|work=Deanery of Cherbourg|access-date=17 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110023730/http://catholique-cherbourg.cef.fr/|archive-date=10 January 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Protestants have a temple of the [[Reformed Church of France|Reformed Church]] (since 1835, rebuilt after the war in 1964), and a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] church affiliated with the [[Assemblies of God]]. The Evangelical [[Baptists|Baptist]] Church has been present since 1985 in the agglomeration and is currently located in Tourlaville.

Cherbourg and Octeville experienced two major waves of immigration of [[Islam|Muslim]] population, the late 1950s and during the 1960s, after the construction of the neighbourhoods of Amont-Quentin, Provinces and Maupas, and then in the 1980s, with the major construction sites of the [[La Hague site|La Hague reprocessing site]] and the [[Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant]]. The Muslim community then opened three mosques (the Mosque of Omar in Octeville, the Mosque de la Gare, on the ''Avenue de Normandie'', and then the Turkish mosque, on the ''Boulevard de l’Atlantique'').

[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], Parish of Cherbourg, has its chapel on the ''Rue du Commerce''.