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Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Cherbourg-Octeville is a city and former commune situated at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It is a subprefecture of its department, and was officially formed when the commune of Cherbourg absorbed Octeville on 28 February 2000. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. The city is a Maritime prefecture and sub-prefecture of la Manche. Due to its union, it is the most populated city in its department with 37,121 inhabitants (over 85,000 with its suburbs) making it the first city of the department before the Saint-Lô prefecture and the second in the region after Caen.
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The South Burnett Times
April 2, 2018
Born and bred in Cherbourg. I've seen a lot and not a lot has changed here. "We're not moving forwards with health, education or employment. We're not closing the gap.” Mr Costello said he could see the Federal Government was trying to close the gap, without much success. "I'm a teacher and I can tellÃâà...
ABC Local
March 25, 2018
"We have a local scenes of crime officer here but he'll be assisted later in the night by specialist staff from Brisbane and we may even need disaster victim identification to attend to identify the bodies properly," he said. Police said the family had moved to the town from Cherbourg, about 50 kilometres away,Ãâà...
The South Burnett Times
March 23, 2018
CHERBOURG Hospital has seen the future of rural health services. An integrated telehealth service project run by University of Queensland's Centre for Online Health aims to close the gap for rural and remote Indigenous Australians living with dementia. Centre director Professor Anthony Smith saidÃâà...
The Australian
March 6, 2018
The Queensland communities of Cherbourg, 160km north of Brisbane, and Yarrabah, east of Cairns, were excluded from the federal government's remote housing strategy because of their proximity to major centres. Torres Shire, in Queensland's northernmost point on Cape York, was also excludedÃâà...
Agriland
March 1, 2018
Irish calf exporters are “being forced” to find alternative means to travel to Cherbourg to meet a vessel laden with export trucks carrying Irish calves, AgriLand has learned. AgriLand understands that “insufficient cabin space” and a “lack of passenger service” on board means some team members of exportÃâà...
The South Burnett Times
December 31, 1999
Warren Collins, chief executive officer of Cherbourg Shire Council, said this was not new information to Cherbourg. "We've been on the list before. We were one of the most disadvantaged last time and this time we are the most disadvantaged," Mr Collins said. He said help was needed to turn things aroundÃâà...
Daily Telegraph
December 31, 1999
The most disadvantaged area was Cherbourg, nearly 300km from Brisbane in Queensland. Picture: Tim Marsden. All disadvantaged LGAs in Australia were either in Qld or the NT. The latest data found that more than 30 per cent of people born in China, South Africa and Malaysia lived in advantaged areasÃâà...
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