 Cherbourg-Octeville welcomes the (EAMEA, 351 students) and the National Institute of Science and Nuclear Technology - remains of the importance of the army in the city - while the School of the Quartermasters (between 600 and 700 students) is located at Querqueville.The town also hosts the (Intechmer), Tourlaville.The first horse race organised in Normandy took place in Cherbourg in September 1836 on the (now gone) beachfront along the "boulevard maritime", at the initiative of , the officer of the stud.