Cherbourg

£4.50

Street plan of Cherbourg, part of a series covering French cities and towns from the Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. The plans include outer suburbs and, where appropriate, adjoining localities forming part of the urban agglomeration.

The plans show one way streets, car parks, pedestrian zones, and, as appropriate, metro and/or tram stops. Important public buildings are named and symbols mark locations of tourist information centres, post offices, various places of worship indicating their denomination, etc. Main routes into and across the city centre are clearly indentified in contrasting colours. Many plans include diagrams of the metro and/or suburban rail networks.

Plans of larger cities are usually double-sided and come with a separate booklet which has an enlargement for the town centre and a street index with separate lists of “bâtiments”: main public buildings, places of worship, schools, sport facilities, stations, etc. Each of the outer suburbs or the adjoining localities has a separate index. In plans of smaller towns the enlargement and the street index are usually next to the main map. Map legend includes English.

COMPARING BLAY and IGN STREET PLANS:
- Blay plans usually have a better enlargement for the town centre, presenting the area in more clearly defined, traditional cartography. Most of the plans are on slightly smaller size sheets than the corresponding IGN maps.

- IGN plans better identify main routes leading into and/or across town centres.