Jobourg

This article is about a commune in Normandy, France. For the city colloquially known as "Joburg", see Johannesburg.

Jobourg (French pronunciation: [ʒɔbuʁ]) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague.^[2] It lies near Cap de la Hague in the Cotentin peninsula. Its population was 467 in 2022.^[1]

Jobourg
Part of La Hague
Location of Jobourg
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Coordinates: 49°41′N 1°54′W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	La Hague
Commune	La Hague
Area 1	10.15 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	467
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50440
Elevation	0–128 m (0–420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is surrounded by moorland and is not far away from the Phare de Goury (Goury Lighthouse), a lighthouse 100 metres away from the Goury beach. Jobourg has one nice beach on its commune, the Baie d'Écalgrain ("Écalgrain Beach"). The average temperature of the sea is 20 °C in summer. About 200 meters from the village is the CROSSMA, in charge of the busy traffic in the English Channel.

One typical fête in Jobourg is the Fête des Moutons, a sheep festival that take place the first weekend of August. The festival features contests in which border collies heard geese and sheep.

On the night of 26–27 March 1814, during the closing stages of the Napoleonic Wars the Battle of Jobourg was fought close inshore between British frigate HMS Hebrus and French frigate Etoile. After several hours of combat, Hebrus succeeded in defeating and capturing Etoile.

Geology

Jobourg lies in the Armorican Massif. There, France's oldest rocks crop out.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Manche department