Le Havre
Le Havre (French pronunciation: [lə ɑvʁ]) is a ceety in the Seine-Maritime depairtment o the Upper Normandy region in Fraunce. It is situatit in north-wastren Fraunce, on the richt bank o the mooth o the river Seine on the Inglis Channel. Le Havre is the maist populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total population o the greater Le Havre conurbation is smawer than that o Rouen. It is the seicont lairgest subprefectur in Fraunce (efter Reims). Its port is the seicont busiest in Fraunce (efter that o Marseille). Syne 1974 it haes been the see o the diocese o Le Havre.
Le Havre | |
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  Le Havre Location within Normandy region  Le Havre | |
| Coordinates: 49°29′24″N 0°06′00″E / 49.49000°N 0.100000°ECoordinates: 49°29′24″N 0°06′00″E / 49.49000°N 0.100000°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Normandy |
| Depairtment | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Intercommunality | CODAH |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2010 - 2014) | Edouard Phillippe (UMP) |
| Area 1 | 46.95 km2 (18.13 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2006) | 182.45 km2 (70.44 sq mi) |
| • Metro (2006) | 615.39 km2 (237.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2007)2 | 179,751 |
| • Rank | 12t in Fraunce |
| • Density | 3,800/km2 (9,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2006) | 246,195 |
| • Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro (2006) | 291,765 |
| • Metro density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET (UTC +1)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76351 / |
| Website | www.ville-lehavre.fr |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
| UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid | |
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| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv |
| Reference | 1181 |
| Inscription | 2005 (29th Session) |
Twin touns
eeditLe Havre is twinned, or haes a sister ceety relationship wi:[1]
Dalian, Cheenae
Pointe-Noire, Republic o the Congo
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie, syne 1965[2]
Magdeburg, Germany
Southampton, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1973
Tampa, Unitit States
Bergen, Norawa
Aydın, Turkey
Notes
eedit- ↑ "Le Havre Website - Twin Towns". lehavre.eu. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ↑ "Saint Petersburg in figures - International and Interregional Ties". Saint Petersburg City Government. Archived frae the original on 24 Februar 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2008.