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Le Havre ( / ləˈhɑːv ( rə )/ lə HAHV (-rə), [5] [6] [7] French: [lə ɑvʁ (ə)] ⓘ; Norman: Lé Hâvre [lɛ ˈhɑvʁ (ə)]) is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux ...
The French attacked the city of Le Havre and expelled the English on 29 July 1563. The fort the English had constructed was then razed. Consequences. The English failure led to the Treaty of Troyes (1564); Elizabeth accepted French rule over Calais in exchange for 120,000 crowns. Elizabeth felt betrayed by the Huguenots, and would never trust ...
Operation Astonia was the codename for an Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France, during the Second World War. The city had been declared a Festung (fortress) by Hitler, to be held to the last man. Fought from 10 to 12 September 1944, the Allied objective was to secure the harbour facilities intact, to deliver ...
History of Le Havre. Le Havre was founded on 8 October 1517 as a new port by royal command of François I partly to replace the historic harbours of Harfleur and Honfleur which had become increasingly impractical due to silting-up.
Port of Le Havre. / 49.475; 0.133333. The Port of Le Havre is the Port and port authority of the French city of Le Havre. It is the second-largest commercial port in France in terms of overall tonnage, and the largest container port, with three sets of terminals. It can accommodate all sizes of world cruise liners, and a major new marina is ...
The arrondissement of Le Havre is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region. It has 149 communes . [2] Its population is 387,520 (2016), and its area is 1,221.2 km 2 (471.5 sq mi).
Cantons of the Seine-Maritime department. The following is a list of the 35 cantons of the Seine-Maritime department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: [1] Barentin. Bois-Guillaume. Bolbec.
542/km 2 (1,400/sq mi) Website. www .lehavreseinemetropole .fr. Le Havre Seine Métropole is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Le Havre. It is located in the Seine-Maritime department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. It was created on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the former Agglomeration ...