 This name, including the proclamation date of 7 May 1864, could be due to the impact by the local newspapers of the inauguration of the military port by Napoleon III in 1858.Cherbourg is also the name of a town in Queensland, Australia.The Cotentin, conquered by Quintus Titurius Sabinus in 56 BC, was divided between the "pagus constantiensis" ("County of Coutances") and the "pagus coriovallensis" ("County of Coriallo"), within Gallia Lugdunensis.