Cap de la Hague is a cape at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, France.
The La Hague area has precambrian 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.[1] Other rocky outcroppings on the coast include Cadomian granite in Auderville[2] and Variscan granite in Flamanville.[3]
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 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 largest light water reactor nuclear waste reprocessing plant on earth (over half of the world's capacity), is located in the region.
Climate
| Climate data for Cap de la Hague (1991–2020 normals), extremes since 1936 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.2 (53.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.6 (16.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
1.2 (34.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.9 (2.67) |
61.8 (2.43) |
50.9 (2.00) |
36.2 (1.43) |
40.5 (1.59) |
33.8 (1.33) |
37.9 (1.49) |
43.9 (1.73) |
41.0 (1.61) |
84.6 (3.33) |
83.0 (3.27) |
81.5 (3.21) |
663 (26.09) |
| Source: Infoclimat (1991–2020 normals) [4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ La Presse de la Manche, 27 August 2009, p. 5
- ↑ Cadomian Granite Archived 6 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine Website Lithothèque de Normandie.
- ↑ Alain Foucault. Guide du géologue amateur. Éditions Dunod. p. 182. ISBN 978-2-10-049959-5 .
- ↑ "Normales et records climatologiques 1991-2020 à Cap de la Hague" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
External links
- Lahague-tourisme.com: Official La Hague tourism website
- Festival International de Musique de la Hague website
49°40′N 1°50′W / 49.667°N 1.833°W