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Le Havre

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Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine. Population: 200,000. It was the port-of-call for French ocean liners making the Transatlantic crossing (cf Cruise ship).

Le Havre is a sous-pr?ecture of the d?artement of Seine-Maritime.

The city was founded in 1517, when it was named Le Havre-de-Grâce (hence Havre de Grace, Maryland).

Sister cities inlude:

Le Havre was the birthplace of: