Le Havre

Le Havre is a major commercial port city in France in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region. It is situated on the North side of the Seine estuary, 143 miles North-West of Paris. Formerly it was in the dep. of Seine-Inférieure. It has a fine harbour, docks, &c., but shipping is incommoded by the shifting sandbanks of the estuary, and insufficient railway facilities. It is an important centre of emigration, and its industries embrace shipbuilding, iron-works, flour-mills, &c.

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Le Mans, Le Noir Faineant, Le Pere Bouhour, Le Puy, Le Vengeur