Cap de la Hague

{{Short description|Cape in Normandy, France}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{expand French|Cap de la Hague|date=November 2012|topic=geo}}

[[File:Cherbourg Peninsula, France, 17 September 2005.jpg|thumb|Cape of la Hague with Cherbourg on the left]] thumb| thumb|The {{Ill|La Hague lighthouse|fr|Phare de la Hague}} '''Cap de la Hague''' ({{IPA|fr|kap də la aɡ}}) 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.<ref>''La Presse de la Manche,'' 27 August 2009, p. 5</ref> Other rocky outcroppings on the coast include Cadomian granite in Auderville<ref>[http://www.etab.ac-caen.fr/discip/geologie/precamb/goury/goury.htm Cadomian Granite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706034553/http://www.etab.ac-caen.fr/discip/geologie/precamb/goury/goury.htm |date=6 July 2014 }} Website ''Lithothèque de Normandie''.</ref> and Variscan granite in Flamanville.<ref>Alain Foucault. Guide du géologue amateur. Éditions Dunod. p. 182. {{ISBN|978-2-10-049959-5}} .</ref>

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== {{Weather box |location = Cap de la Hague (1991–2020 normals), extremes since 1936 |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 14.8 |Feb record high C = 17.0 |Mar record high C = 20.8 |Apr record high C = 22.0 |May record high C = 26.6 |Jun record high C = 29.2 |Jul record high C = 32.9 |Aug record high C = 31.4 |Sep record high C = 29.8 |Oct record high C = 28.0 |Nov record high C = 19.6 |Dec record high C = 16.2 |year record high C = 32.9 |Jan avg record high C = |Feb avg record high C = |Mar avg record high C = |Apr avg record high C = |May avg record high C = |Jun avg record high C = |Jul avg record high C = |Aug avg record high C = |Sep avg record high C = |Oct avg record high C = |Nov avg record high C = |Dec avg record high C = |year avg record high C = |Jan high C = 9.4 |Feb high C = 9.2 |Mar high C = 10.5 |Apr high C = 12.4 |May high C = 14.8 |Jun high C = 17.3 |Jul high C = 19.3 |Aug high C = 19.8 |Sep high C = 18.6 |Oct high C = 16.0 |Nov high C = 12.8 |Dec high C = 10.5 |year high C = |Jan mean C = 7.8 |Feb mean C = 7.5 |Mar mean C = 8.6 |Apr mean C = 10.1 |May mean C = 12.4 |Jun mean C = 14.9 |Jul mean C = 16.8 |Aug mean C = 17.5 |Sep mean C = 16.5 |Oct mean C = 14.1 |Nov mean C = 11.0 |Dec mean C = 8.8 |year mean C = |Jan low C = 6.2 |Feb low C = 5.7 |Mar low C = 6.6 |Apr low C = 7.8 |May low C = 10.1 |Jun low C = 12.4 |Jul low C = 14.4 |Aug low C = 15.2 |Sep low C = 14.3 |Oct low C = 12.1 |Nov low C = 9.3 |Dec low C = 7.1 |year low C = |Jan avg record low C = |Feb avg record low C = |Mar avg record low C = |Apr avg record low C = |May avg record low C = |Jun avg record low C = |Jul avg record low C = |Aug avg record low C = |Sep avg record low C = |Oct avg record low C = |Nov avg record low C = |Dec avg record low C = |year avg record low C = |Jan record low C = -8.6 |Feb record low C = -6.2 |Mar record low C = -2.6 |Apr record low C = 0.1 |May record low C = 1.2 |Jun record low C = 7.0 |Jul record low C = 7.8 |Aug record low C = 10.0 |Sep record low C = 8.0 |Oct record low C = 0.4 |Nov record low C = -2.2 |Dec record low C = -4.0 |year record low C = -8.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 67.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 61.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 50.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 36.2 |May precipitation mm = 40.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 33.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 37.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 43.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 41.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 84.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 83.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 81.5 |year precipitation mm = |source = Infoclimat (1991–2020 normals) <ref name=Infoclimat9120>{{cite web|url=https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/normales-records/1991-2020/cap-de-la-hague/valeurs/07020.html|title=Normales et records climatologiques 1991-2020 à Cap de la Hague|publisher=Infoclimat|language=fr|accessdate=11 September 2023}}</ref> }}

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==External links== {{Commonscatinline}} *[http://www.lahague-tourisme.com/index.php?id_site=2 Lahague-tourisme.com: Official La Hague tourism website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080201044317/http://www.festivalmusiquehague.com/ Festival International de Musique de la Hague website]

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