Le Havre (fra)

Le Havre

Le Havre ranks 613th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Halifax, Nova Scotia, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Alexandria, Virginia. Memorable people born in Le Havre include Jean Dubuffet, Arthur Honegger, and René Coty. Memorable people who died in Le Havre include Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Modeste M'bami, and André Strappe. Le Havre has been the birth place of many writers, and painters and the death place of many soccer players, and companions. Le Havre is located in France.

Le Havre 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, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen. It is also the second largest subprefecture in France, after only Reims. The name Le Havre means "the harbour" or "the port". Its inhabitants are known as Havrais or Havraises. Read more on Wikipedia