The La Hague area has precambrian granite and gneiss cliffs, several coves and small fields surrounded by hedges.
[3] The La Hague cape consists of two promontories about half a mile apart.
The dialect of the Norman language spoken by a minority in the region is called Haguais.
The Norman poet Côtis-Capel was a native of the region and used the landscape as inspiration for his poetry.
The La Hague site, the largest light water reactor nuclear waste reprocessing plant on earth (over half of the world's capacity), is located in the region.