Cotentin

[kaw-tahn-tan]

noun

1. a peninsula in Normandy, N France, extending into the English Channel.

Example Sentences

For his last day on Normandy’s Cotentin Peninsula, he was ready to hit the road along the English Channel to visit a patient.

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Normandy is one of the regions that is hit hardest by the shortage of physicians, according to a recent report by the French Senate, especially on the Cotentin Peninsula, where 40 percent of medical practitioners are already over 60.

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For the sixth stage of his medical road trip, after stopping in central, eastern and northern France, Dr. Jardel replaced Mathieu Bansard, 32, a general practitioner in Les Pieux, a town of 3,000 on the Cotentin Peninsula where the main street is a hodgepodge of stone cottages and modern businesses, including a bakery, a creperie and a hairdresser.

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Located roughly 60 miles from Omaha Beach, it is an exception on the Cotentin Peninsula, which is affected by a scarcity of specialists like dentists — only 33 for 100,000 inhabitants.

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“It is a charm offensive,” said Mr. Margueritte, the Cotentin official.

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