La Hague
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La Hague is a region on the tip of the Cotentin peninsula
in Normandy
, France
.
La Hague is a picturesque place of Precambrian
granite cliffs, coves and small fields surrounded by hedges. It faces the Channel Islands
and there any many cousins on both side of the Alderney
race.
The dialect of the Norman language
spoken by a minority in the region is called Haguais
. The Norman poet Côtis-Capel
was a native of the region and used the landscape as inspiration for his poetry. The painter Jean-François Millet
was also a native of the region.
The COGEMA La Hague site
, the largest light water reactor nuclear waste reprocessing plant on earth (over half of the world's capacity), is located in the region.
Cotentin Peninsula
The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy, forming part of the north-western coast of France. It juts out north-westwards into the English Channel, towards Great Britain...
in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
La Hague is a picturesque place of Precambrian
Precambrian
The Precambrian is the name which describes the large span of time in Earth's history before the current Phanerozoic Eon, and is a Supereon divided into several eons of the geologic time scale...
granite cliffs, coves and small fields surrounded by hedges. It faces the Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
and there any many cousins on both side of the Alderney
Alderney
Alderney is the most northerly of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick...
race.
The dialect of the Norman language
Norman language
Norman is a Romance language and one of the Oïl languages. Norman can be classified as one of the northern Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon...
spoken by a minority in the region is called Haguais
Cotentinais
Cotentinais is the dialect of the Norman language spoken in the Cotentin Peninsula. It is one of the strongest dialects of the language on the mainland.-Dialects:...
. The Norman poet Côtis-Capel
Côtis-Capel
Côtis-Capel was the pen name of Albert Lohier, a Norman language poet. He was from La Hague and wrote in the Haguais dialect of Cotentinais.-Bibliography:* Poetry collections** Rocâles ,...
was a native of the region and used the landscape as inspiration for his poetry. The painter Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France...
was also a native of the region.
The COGEMA La Hague site
COGEMA La Hague site
The AREVA NC La Hague site is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant of AREVA in La Hague on the French Cotentin Peninsula that currently has nearly half of the world's light water reactor spent nuclear fuel reprocessing capacity. It has been in operation since 1976, and has a capacity of about 1700...
, the largest light water reactor nuclear waste reprocessing plant on earth (over half of the world's capacity), is located in the region.