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Le Havre

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Le Havre , city (1990 pop. 195,932), Seine-Maritime dept., N France, in Normandy, at the mouth of the Seine River on the English Channel. It was founded in 1517 as Le Havre-de-Grâce by Francis I. Le Havre became a major seaport in the 19th cent. and is now the second-most-important port in France after Marseilles. It was a major port for transatlantic travel until the advent of widespread commercial air travel in the 1970s. Among the city's industries are oil refining and the manufacture of automobiles, cement, synthetic rubber, and fertilizers. During World War II the British bombed the city to prevent its use by the Germans for an invasion of England.

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Le Havre

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Le Havre City and seaport in n France, at the mouth of the River Seine, on the English Channel. Founded in the 16th century on the site of a fishing village, it is now France's second-largest port. It was briefly the base of the Belgian government in World War II. The city was rebuilt after being almost completely destroyed during the war. It is the principal export point for Paris and a transatlantic and cross-Channel passenger port. Industries: chemicals, fertilizers, timber, food processing, oil-refining, shipbuilding. Pop. (1999) 193,259.

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Le Havre

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Le Havre, Upper Normandy/France Havre‐de‐Grâce Developed from a fishing village into a harbour in 1517 by Francis I (1494–1547), King of France (1515–47), and called by him ‘Haven of Grace’ which linked it to the existing chapel called Notre‐Dame‐de‐Grâce. The name was subsequently shortened to ‘The Harbour’.

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Le Havre

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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