Administrations and services Cherbourg-En-Cotentin

As an integral part of the Quasar complex, which includes an art library, the Thomas Henry Museum and the Paul Éluard Room, the Jacques Prévert Media Library is a major cultural venue in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. 240,000 documents can be consulted or borrowed, including novels, comic books, children's books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, instruments, vinyl and sheet music. The place also offers a great musical program.

Located in the Reception Nave of La Cité de la Mer, near the Archimedes bathyscaphe, this media library-museum is a realm for underwater enthusiasts. Teachers can organise visits with schoolchildren, researchers and students can find resources for their studies, and visitors can learn more about the underwater world. Tens of thousands of books in French and English, press articles, and DVDs are available.

The result of the merger of several former private establishments in Cherbourg, the Polyclinique du Cotentin has been located on the heights of the town since the late 1990s. The town's main private healthcare facility, which has been extended over the years, employs 125 staff and works with some 50 private practitioners. Every year, it provides 3,500 inpatient and 6,500 outpatient treatments. Many surgical procedures in a wide range of specialties are performed here. An analysis laboratory and the premises of SOS Médecins complete the complex.