There was also Victor Mustel (1815–1890) who was famous for having perfected the harmonium. [34] Popular alternative routes going to areas close to Le Havre include Newhaven to Dieppe, and Poole to Cherbourg. [48] In their extension North-west between Bleville and Octeville airport a new area is being developed: "Les Hauts de Bleville". The peripheral suburbs of the commune grew in the postwar period. The ceremony was held at the City Hall on 15 November 2009, during a stopover at the Building.[64]. In October 2004 the National Agency for Urban Renewal (ANRU) signed with the municipality of Havre the first agreement to finance the rehabilitation of these areas. The Le Havre economy is far from decision centres which are located mainly in Paris and major European economic cities. Also die Seine entlang (Seine-Radweg) nach Le Havre und von dort dann durch die französischen Départements Haute-Normandie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais und Picardie (Le Havre â Boulogne-sur-Mer - Calais â Dunkerque) und weiter an der belgischen und niederländischen Küste bis nach Emden. The Seine river is a 776 kilometre long river flowing through Paris into the English Channel at Le Havre, Paris' harbor . With its annex, it includes a high court, a juvenile court, and a commercial court. (Make time for the Rouen Cathedral, which Monet painted some 30 times, and to learn about Joan of Arc’s history in this city.) [17], Due to its location on the coast of the Channel, the climate of Le Havre is temperate oceanic. Booking # Booking number is invalid. A Museum dedicated to the history of Le Havre with many objects from the Ancien Régime and the 19th century: furniture, old maps, statues, and paintings. Port 2000 and its three terminals assigned to private operators have a water depth of 15.30 to 16.30 metres for 330 ⦠When founded in 1517, the city was named Franciscopolis after Francis I of France. Because of the bombing in 1944, heritage from the modern era is rare: Le Havre Cathedral, the Church of Saint Francis, the Museum of the Hotel Dubocage of Bleville, the House of the ship-owner and the old palace of justice (now the Natural History Museum) are concentrated in the Notre-Dame and Saint-François areas. AFAR participates in affiliate marketing programs, which means we may earn a commission if you purchase an item featured on our site. The plateau is covered with a layer of flinty clay and a fertile silt. The oldest chapel is Saint-Michel d'Ingouville which dates back to the 11th century. SNCF operates a train from Le Havre to Paris St Lazare hourly. Between the latter also in the context of Z'Estivales is an event offering many shows of street art throughout the summer supplemented by the festival of world music MoZaïques at the fort of Sainte-Adresse in August since 2010. It rises at Source-Seine, 30 km northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank). The debates are generally public except for certain proceedings.[61]. The meeting between Tintin and General Alcazar in Les Sept Boules de cristal (The Seven Crystal Balls) (1948) is in Le Havre, according to notes by Hergé in the margins of Le Soir, the first publisher of this adventure. The name of the town was attested in 1489, even before it was founded by François I in the form le Hable de Grace then Ville de Grace in 1516, two years before its official founding. Le Havre's beach may rarely experience flooding known as "flooding from storms". Since then population has decreased again, especially between 1975 and 1982: during these years of industrial crisis the population fell by 18,494 people. In the first weekend of September the marine element is highlighted in the Festival of the Sea. The diocese was created from part of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Rouen to the west of a line joining Norville to Sassetot-le-Mauconduit. [Note 1], Between 2012 and 2017, the birth rate was 14.3 per thousand and the mortality rate was 10.4 per thousand: even though the Rate of natural increase is positive it does not compensate for the clearly negative net migration rate (-0.7%). By public transport it is necessary to go to Rouen by train or bus (using No. There is a Gray Coach to Etretat and Fécamp and there is VTNI for destinations in the Seine valley and Rouen who provide inter-urban services on behalf of the Department of Seine-Maritime. The history of the city is inextricably linked to its harbour. We first saw this tip over on Lonely Planet and got a little excited (given our newfound pandemic obsession with cycling): La Seine à Vélo officially opened in October, following the Seine River from Paris to Honfleur and Le Havre in the Normandy region, a 420-kilometer (or 250-mile) cycling route that passes through the Seine Valley that inspired so many impressionists. Le Havre is sandwiched between the coast of the Channel from south-west to north-west and the estuary of the Seine to the south. [116] It represents 60% of total French container traffic with nearly 2.2 million Twenty-foot equivalent unit|EVP]s in 2011. [69] Most had North African (5060) or African (3114) origins. [citation needed], The southern districts have for some years experienced profound change due to European funding. The upper town is composed of three parts: the "coast", the suburban districts of the plateau, and large peripheral housing estates. [102] The Havraise Rowing Society has trained many rowers to a high level as Thierry Renault. The southern districts of Le Havre are mainly used for industrial and port activities. In spring a Children's Book Festival was recently created. The Museum at the Priory of Graville displays many items of religious art including statues, madonnas, and other religious objects many of which are classified by the Ministry of Culture. It was subsequently named Le Havre-de-Grâce ("Harbor of Grace"; hence Havre de Grace, Maryland). This 257km ride showcases the Seine River valley at its finest, meaning you can effectively cycle from Paris to the English Channel at Le Havre. Five Museums in Le Havre have the distinction of being classified as Musées de France (Museums of France)[141] an official label granted only to museums of a high status. Logistics occupies a large part of the population and the ISEL trains engineers in this field. Martine–Marie Muller tells the saga of a clan of Stevedores from Le Havre in the 1950s to the 1970s in Quai des Amériques (Quay of the Americas). Its training centre is well-reputed for having trained a number of international French players, including Vikash Dhorasoo, Julien Faubert, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Lassana Diarra, and Steve Mandanda. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre. The whole Espace Oscar Niemeyer has been worked on since 2011: the little volcano will be transformed into a multimedia library. Bouville was the commune where the writer lived who wrote his diary in La Nausée (The Nausea) (1938) by Jean-Paul Sartre who was inspired by Le Havre city where he wrote his first novel. Download the GPX file for this route. The overhaul of the bus network in 2008 helped to ensure a better service for all the towns in the metropolitan area. Subprefecture and commune in Normandy, France, At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. [59][60] However, the results of the 2012 presidential elections gave the PS wins in both districts with a smaller margin in the 7th (Hollande: 51.71% / Sarkozy: 48.29%) than in the 8th (Hollande 64.21% / Sarkozy: 35.79%). Only the town hall and the Church of Saint Joseph (107m high) were personally designed by Auguste Perret. [51] The learned and transient name of Franciscopolis in tribute to the same king, is encountered in some documents then that of Havre Marat, referring to Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution but was not imposed. It was scheduled to open in September 2013 with a large festival free-of-charge. The City of the Sea and of Sustainable Development (Odyssey 21) will be organized around a metal tower one hundred metres high designed by Jean Nouvel: the project was suspended in 2007 but the work should finally begin in 2013. In 2008, Benoît Duteurtre publishes Les pieds dans l'eau (Feet in the water), a highly autobiographical book in which he describes his youth spent between Le Havre and Etretat. Several major local sportsmen began their career at Le Havre: the swimmer Hugues Duboscq was an Olympic medallist several times. [87][95], The city of Le Havre has some of the oldest sports clubs in France: the Le Havre Rowing Society (1838),[96] the Regatta Society of Le Havre (1838), and Le Havre Athletic Club (1872), doyen of French football and rugby clubs.[97][98][99]. Since its founding in 1517 on the orders of François I, Le Havre has continued to grow: today it measures 27 km (17 mi) from east to west, about 5 km (3 mi) from north to south with an area of 10,000 hectares (24,711 acres). From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year. The lower town is subject to a rising water table. [41] From 2012, this place was refurbished both inside and outside with fairly significant changes approved by the architect including greater openness to the outside of the plaza. [61] It meets on average once a month at the town hall. The (Institut national des sciences appliquées|National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rouen) (INSA) opened a branch in Le Havre in 2008 with a civil engineering and sustainable construction department. Other cultural institutions of the city centre are being transformed: the cinema of art and a trial of Le Sirius facing the University will reopen in 2013. Private 10-hour Shore Excursion to Paris from Le Havre (official guide in Paris) from $748.60* Paris **Guided** Tour. ADDED TO CART. Michel Leiris wrote De la littérature considérée comme une tauromachie (Of literature considered like a bullfight) in December 1945. E. Simon, A. Fiszlewicz, Le Havre: What an Estuary!, Petit à Petit, 2002, Madeleine Brocard, Atlas of the Estuary of the Seine, Rouen, Presses de l'université de Rouen, 1996, This page was last edited on 11 November 2020, at 07:59. Ce mercredi matin (4 novembre 2020) le premier TGV, parti du Havre à 9h est arrivé en gare de Rouen à 9h51 avant de repartir vers Paris où il est arrivé à 11h23. During the Second World War the population decreased significantly (a loss of 57,149 people between 1936 and 1946) because of the exodus and bombings. Every summer roller blade events are organized in the city on Friday evening every fortnight and have great success. The West Park Festival, after its inauguration in 2004, has been held in the park of the town hall of Harfleur. Bombs rained down on Le Havre during World War II, but the city was rebuilt from 1945 to 1964 and now stands as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Several politicians have spent part of their lives in the city: Jules Lecesne (1818–1878), Jules Siegfried (1837–1922), and Félix Faure (1841–1899) were elected as municipal councillors and MPs. In the 19th century, Le Havre was the setting for several French novels: Honoré de Balzac described the failure of a Le Havre merchant family in Modeste Mignon. [132], Many buildings in the city are classified as "historical monuments", but the 2000s marked the real recognition of Le Havre's architectural heritage. Two other Impressionists, Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) and Maxime Maufra (1861–1918) also represented the port of Le Havre which also inspired Paul Signac (1863–1935), Albert Marquet (1875–1947), and Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958). Finally, the beach is a place for kitesurfing, windsurfing and surfing. In addition there is a large number of specialized higher education institutions covering a wide range of different areas. Nathalie Castetz, Le Havre, Seine Estuary, Paris, Héliopoles, 2012. Docks Océane is a multi-purpose hall (concerts, shows, and sporting events) which can accommodate up to 4,700 spectators in 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft). The impressionist paintings collections are the second most extensive in France after those of the Orsay Museum in Paris. The urban area of Le Havre corresponds roughly to the territory of the Agglomeration community of Le Havre (CODAH)[9] which includes 17 communes and 250,000 people. In May there is the Fest Yves, a Breton festival in the Saint-François district. [68] 12,148 immigrants lived in Havre, or 6.8% of the urban population. For example, in the presidential election of 2007, the 7th electoral district voted for Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) by 55.05% against 44.95% for Ségolène Royal (PS) while in the 8th electoral district 55.02% voted for the Socialist candidate. Le Havre. He also holds the presidency of the CODAH and has held a seat in the National Assembly for the 7th district of Seine-Maritime since 2012. 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