49°30N 0°06E, pop (2000e) 205 000. Commercial seaport in Seine-Maritime department, NW France; on the English Channel, on N side of R Seine estuary, 176 km/109 mi NW of Paris; naval base under Napoleon I; Allied base in World War 1; largely rebuilt since heavy damage in World War 2; chief French port for transatlantic passenger liners; ferry service to UK; machinery, cars; trade in tropical goods, oil (pipeline to Paris); mediaeval town of Harfleur to the E; Church of St Joseph.
| Commune of Le Havre | |
| View of the beach of Le Havre and a part of the rebuilt city | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49.5° N 0.12° E |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Région | Haute-Normandie |
| Département |
Seine-Maritime (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Chief town of 9 cantons |
| Intercommunality |
Communauté d'agglomération havraise |
| Mayor | Antoine Rufenacht |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0– |
| Land area¹ | 46.95 km² |
|
Population² (1999) |
190,905 |
| - Density (1999) | 4,066/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76351/ 76600, 76610, 76620 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. | |
Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine.
Main sights
Le Havre was heavily bombed during the Second World War. Church of St. Michel Church of St. Vincent [Eglise St. Vincent: Church of St. François [Eglise St. François: Church of St. Anne [Eglise St. Anne: Church of St. Marie St. Michel d'Ingouville chapel (15th century) [St. Michel Chapel: Graville Abbey, a monastery dedicated to Sainte Honorine, set in grounds on the northern bank of the Seine River.
Miscellaneous
Twin towns
Sister cities/Twin towns include:
- Dalian, China - Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo - Saint Petersburg, Russia - Southampton, United Kingdom - Tampa, Florida, United StatesBirths
Le Havre was the birthplace of:
Georges de Scudéry (1601-1667), novelist, dramatist and poet Madeleine de Scudéry (1607-1701), writer Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814), writer and botanist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), naturalist, artist and explorer Casimir Delavigne (1793-1843), poet and dramatist Gabriel Monod (1844-1912), historian Louis Bachelier (1870-1946), mathematician Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), painter André Caplet (1878-1925), composer and conductor René Coty (1882-1962), French president (1954-1959) Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), composer, a member of Les Six Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), artist Raymond Queneau (1903-1976), poet and novelist Jerome Soligny (1959 - ), songwriter and journalist
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