Cap de la Hague () is a

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at the tip of the

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. The La Hague area has

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granite and gneiss cliffs, several coves and small fields surrounded by hedges. France's oldest rocks are to be found on its coast in Jobourg. Other rocky outcroppings on the coast include Cadomian granite in Auderville and Variscan granite in Flamanville.Alain Foucault. Guide du géologue amateur. Éditions Dunod. p. 182. . The La Hague cape consists of two promontories about half a mile apart. The cape itself, which has the lighthouse and a lifeboat station, is very low-lying. The dialect of the

Norman language Norman or Norman French (, , Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a ''Langues d'oïl, langue d'oïl'' spoken in the historical region, historical and Cultural area, cultural region of Normandy. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to des ...

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

La Hague site The La Hague site is a nuclear reprocessing, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at La Hague on the Cotentin Peninsula in northern France, with the Manche storage centre bordering on it. Operated by Orano Cycle, Orano, formerly Areva, AREVA, and prior ...

, the largest light water reactor nuclear waste reprocessing plant on earth (over half of the world's capacity), is located in the region.

Climate

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External links

Lahague-tourisme.com: Official La Hague tourism websiteFestival International de Musique de la Hague website
Headlands of France Geography of Manche Landforms of Normandy Geology of France Normandy region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Manche-geo-stub